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               Headline 
 
                         Hope is strongest when things seem most hopeless 
              
        KUNDA DIXIT  
Nation 
 
                             
 
                         Desertions and army action weakens the movement in the east             
        DAMBAR K SHRESTHA in DHARAN  
 
                             
        RAMESWOR BOHARA in SURKHET  
 
                         Exclusive Interview-Charles Shobraj             
 
                         Peter Bouckaert-Senior Emergencies Researcher at Human Rights Watch in Chechnya, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Rwanda and Burundi.             
Review 
 
                         When words fail us it is the images that reflect the ache in our souls              
Nepali Society 
 
                             
Nature 
 
                         The people of Khumbu see the effects of global warming all around them             
        NARESH NEWAR in KHUMBU  
 
                         The Rinpoche of Tengboche Monastery (left) is the most revered monk in Khumbu. The Rinpoche spoke to Nepali Times about global warming and its impact on the people.              
Leisure 
 
                         A musical tribute to Micky by his mother              
        PREM SUBBA  
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