| Headline The stench of death is overpowering in Myagdi, and the country is sucked into a vortex of violence KISHORE THOMAS BELL in BENI 
 Nation 
 Pokhara's welcome for the king and queen is overshadowed by Beni RAMESH POUDEL in POKHARA 
 A radio program that forces listeners to think  NARESH NEWAR 
 In a unique project, popular Nepali musicians have put children's peace poems into song and will sing together at a charity concert SRADDHA BASNYAT 
 Parties are up in arms about the government amending the Treaty Act to push through Nepal's WTO accession NAVIN SINGH KHADKA 
 A Japanese author writes an impassioned plea for justice in the case of Nepali serving life imprisonment for murder in Tokyo  SHINICHI SANO in TOKYO 
 History 
 The British finally captured Mogaung in Burma after fierce fighting in May and June 1944. 
 Culture Dongol turns Manjul's words into art 
 Business 
 Arts Everyone benefited from an artists' retreat at Nagarjun SRADDHA BASNYAT 
 Sports Volkswagen Beetles from Bangladesh negotiate Nepali highways in style KANAK MANI DIXIT 
 Nepali Society 
 Book Worm 
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