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               Headline 
 
                         Stunned nation gives King Gyanendra cautious approval             
        KUNDA DIXIT  
Nation 
 
                         Political hurdles have been removed, but Indo-Nepal trade is still stuck in red-tape, babudom and corruption.             
        BINOD BHATTARAI  
 
                         Our combustibility might be just what delivers us from calamity.             
        PUSKAR BHUSAL  
 
                             
        NAVIN SUBEDI  
History 
 
                         "My one foot is outside the jail gates."             
Leisure 
 
                             
Interview 
 
                         president of the Nepal Automobiles Association, Rohini Thapaliya             
Nepali Society 
 
                             
Domestic Brief 
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
Culture 
 
                         The piwancha produces a firm, warm, thick sound and it heralds the revival of Nepal's ethnic music traditions.             
        PHUDORJI LAMA SHERPA  
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