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 Nation Prime Minsiter Dahal should have also rung the opening bell at the stock exchange on Wall Street DAVID SASSOON in NEW YORK 
 
 DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA in DOLAKHA 
 
 This Dasain, Nepali shoe manufacturers have good reason to be cheerful PAAVAN MATHEMA 
 Bagmati lovers turn out in force for a clean-up 
 Television and college uniforms have transformed fashion in Kathmandu  PRAVAT J GURUNG 
 
 International ABID ASLAM in WASHINGTON 
 THALIF DEEN at the UN 
 Review Tired plots from Maoist filmmakers fail to attract audiences  SURABHI PUDASAINI 
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