आज चार बुँदे घोषणा पत्र जारी गर्दै सकिएको भेलामा क्षेत्रीय सभापतिहरुलाई आगामी निर्वाचनमा अपनाउने रणनीति र कार्यनीतिबारे प्रशिक्षण दिइएको थियो । राजधानीको थलीमा जारी भेलामा देशका २ सय ४० निर्वाचन क्षेत्रका सभापतिहरुको सहभागिता थियो ।

At least eight people were killed after militants stormed a police station near Bannu, a town bordering Pakistan’s tribal areas, police say.

Details of how the attack unfolded are unclear. Reports say militants attacked the station with grenades and arms sparking a gun battle.

Three policemen and two attackers were killed as were three civilians who were at an adjacent mosque, police say.

The Pakistani Taliban have said they carried out the attack.

They said it was to avenge the death of a relative of their former chief Baitullah Mehsud.

The attack on the police station lasted for about an hour and the nearby mosque and shops in the area were also damaged during the attack.

The Pakistani Taliban frequently target security forces in Pakistan’s volatile north-west.

This attack happened in the Kaki area, 13km (eight miles) south-west of Bannu.

The region is adjacent to the North Waziristan tribal area, known as a stronghold for a number of militant factions.

At a programme in Parsa today, Minister Yadav said that agreement among political parties would be made to find out solution to the political crisis.

He said reinstatement of the CA could be an option for consensus by holding discussions regarding the disputed issues of the new constitution though the elections are the best alternative to end the current political stalemate.

The Communication Minister said discussions with leaders of the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are going on to make conclusion either to reinstate the CA or hold elections as there was no other alternative to political consensus and collaboration.

]]> http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?feed=rss2&p=9720 0 http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?p=9716 http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?p=9716#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:53:11 +0000 Nepalnews: Nepal Everest News http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?p=9716 The price of gold jumped to set a new record of Rs. 60,000 per tola (11.644 gm) in the domestic market following a price boost in the international market on Tuesday.

The rate increased by Rs. 222 per tola from Rs. 59,778 on Monday to break the previous record of Rs. 59,900 per tola on Sunday.

Similarly, the price of the silver also increased by Rs. 9 per tola to Rs. 1163 per tola from Monday’ s Rs. 1154 per tola in the domestic market.

The price of the precious metal has been in upward trend since couples of weeks as the investors are attracted towards it as a safe and secure area of investment.

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Speaking at a press conference in Kathmandu today, Thapa said RPP-Nepal, RJP and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) were close to an agreement that they would accept the policy changes made from a joint general convention, but RJP changed its stance in the last minute.

The RPP-N chairman said possibility of unity with RPP were still on but the party would not sit for unity talks with RJP anymore, Thapa said.

]]> http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?feed=rss2&p=9714 0 http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?p=9711 http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?p=9711#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:22:09 +0000 Nepalnews: Nepal Everest News http://nepaleverestnews.com/eng/?p=9711 Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who rose to prominence playing a death row inmate in acclaimed film The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54.

Duncan suffered a heart attack in July and died at a hospital in Los Angeles after failing to recover. He was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for his portrayal as convicted murderer John Coffey alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile.

Paying tribute to his co-star, Hanks described him as “magic”.

A former bodyguard, the 6ft 4in (1.93m) Duncan was an imposing figure who played a wide variety of action roles and also voiced animated parts.

His versatility saw him team up with Bruce Willis to save the Earth in Armageddon, then play it for laughs in Will Ferrell’s racing comedy Talladega Nights.

In recent years he was seen in US sitcom Two and a Half Men and could be heard in animated comedy Family Guy.

But he will be remembered primarily for his role as John Coffey a convicted murderer possessed of extraordinary healing powers, in the adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Green Mile.

His performance won him a nomination as best supporting actor and kick-started an acting career that only began once he gave up bodyguard work in his thirties.

Duncan, who was born in Chicago in 1957, died on Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

His fiancee, the reality TV personality Reverend Omarosa Manigault, asked for privacy until his funeral and memorial events were announced.

Strike action called by the UFO union was under way at Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin airports. Lufthansa cancelled short and medium-haul flights but also services to and from Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Beijing and Mexico City.

UFO and Lufthansa have been in dispute over pay and working conditions.

Workers held a day-long strike last Friday. The UFO union is seeking a pay increase of 5% for cabin staff for 15 months starting from January this year. The union said there had been no pay increases for three years.

It also wants guarantees that Lufthansa will not outsource jobs and use more temporary workers, as it has done in Berlin. Lufthansa’s latest offer was for a pay increase of about 3.5%.

The airline is undergoing a 1.5bn euro (£1.19bn) cost-cutting programme to offset rising fuel costs and tackle competition from low-cost and Gulf carriers.

It posted a 24% drop in second-quarter earnings to 229m euros from a year earlier. In May, Lufthansa announced it would axe 3,500 office jobs.

Lufthansa has about 19,000 cabin crew and the UFO union represents about two-thirds of them.

 During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the ways to end the current political stalemate and formation of a national consensus government, according to press advisor of Koirala, Bipul Pokhrel.

It is said that Koirala and Oli have agreed to reject the proposal floated by the UCPN-Maoist to end the present stalemate unless Prime Minister Bhattarai resigns from the post.

Talking to media persons after the meeting, Oli said they discussed about the ways to find out a solution of political and constitutional crises

 The two held discussed the contemporary political situation and ways for it resolution, said Khanal’s personal assistant Rambabu Adhikari.

During the meeting, RJP Chairman Thapa inquired about Khanal’s health condition and wished for his speedy recovery.

Khanal had had a surgery of urinary tract on September 1.

Peter Maurer was discussing the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” for Syria’s civilians. In Aleppo, another five people were reported killed and supplies were said to be dwindling, with access to parts of the city described as impossible.

A Syrian army commander has reportedly vowed to recapture the city in 10 days.

Fighting was continuing in the region on Tuesday. Opposition activists reported that many people had been wounded by army shelling in the Darat Izza area of Aleppo province on Tuesday morning.

At least 25 people were killed in air strikes in the province the day before.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition activist group, more than 5,000 people were killed in the country last month.

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