\'Maoists, police and soldiers are rushing home to meet families while the peace lasts.\'

Toxic effluent discharged into the Narayani River from a paper mill (see pics) is threatening the ecology of the Royal Chitwan National Park downstream.

"If the talks are unsuccessful we have only two options: run away, or die."

In this new book, leftists assess a conflict that helped make them politically irrelevant.

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