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1. News - Asia - NEPAL

   Nepal’s PM to quit ahead of June polls

   Posted Feb 19th 2013, 02:32pm by Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu

   ... News Asia Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu Nepal’s prime minister has agreed to resign to make way for the chief justice to lead the politically deadlocked country into elections by June this year, the main opposition party said on Tuesday. Baburam Bhattarai will submit his resignation to the president after the nation’s four largest parties ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1153867/nepals-pm-quit-ahead-june-polls
2. News - Asia - NEPAL

   Nepalese protests mirror Indian anger over rape

   Posted Jan 03rd 2013, 05:28pm by AFP

   ... she says she lost – angering demonstrators who began picketing the residence of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai a week ago, demanding punishment of the accused. Around 200 human rights ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1119101/nepalese-protests-mirror-indian-anger-over-rape
3. News - Asia

   Briefs, January 7, 2013

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... the alleged rape and robbery of a maid by government officials. Demonstrators who began picketing the residence of prime minister Baburam Bhattarai in Kathmandu on December 28, demanding action, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1121638/briefs-january-7-2013
4. News - Asia

   Briefs, October 22, 2012

   Posted Oct 22nd 2012, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... private companies offering jobs abroad. Such companies are mushrooming in Nepal with thousands of younger citizens seeking jobs in the oil-rich Gulf and other countries. Prime Minister Baburam ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1066676/briefs-october-22-2012
5. News - Asia - NEPAL

   Film on Nepal army torture blocked, says director

   Posted Mar 07th 2013, 03:26pm by Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu

   ... freedom” in Nepal. “The government has ignored its own deadlines for a decision,” said Pandit, who delivered a DVD to Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in a last-ditch effort to win the right ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1185469/film-nepal-army-torture-blocked-says-director
6. News - Asia - NEPAL

   Top Nepal judge becomes head of interim government

   Posted Mar 14th 2013, 11:58am by Associated Press in Katmandu

   ... criticised the arrangement as inappropriately mixing law and politics. Some opponents have threatened to organise street protests. Since the last assembly tenure ended in May last year, Baburam Bhattarai, of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), has remained the head of caretaker administration. Elections set for November last year were cancelled because of the political ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1190520/top-nepal-judge-becomes-head-interim-government
7. News - Asia

   Briefs, February 20, 2013

   Posted Feb 20th 2013, 12:00am by VARIOUS

   ... for the chief justice to lead the politically deadlocked country into elections by June, the government said. Baburam Bhattarai would submit his resignation to the president after the nation's four ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1154150/briefs-february-20-2013
8. News - Asia

   Briefs, November 3, 2012

   Posted Nov 03rd 2012, 12:00am by AGENICES

   ... an ordinance, but he has made it clear that Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai needs to get the support of opposition parties first. They say Bhattarai needs to resign. AP   Phnom Penh approves US$781.5m ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1074861/briefs-november-3-2012
9. News - Asia - NEPAL

   Anti-rape protesters arrested in Nepal

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 05:46pm by AFP

   ... in the upscale Baluwatar neighbourhood of Kathmandu, near the residence of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, after being warned not to do so. “We have allowed them to stage peaceful protests. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1136046/anti-rape-protesters-arrested-nepal
10. News - Asia - NEPAL

    Nepal makes chief judge prime minister

    Posted Mar 06th 2013, 05:20pm by Associated Press in Katmandu

    ... parties. With no one able to agree on who should lead the country into new polls, Bhattarai’s party proposed putting Regmi in charge of an interim government that would hold power until elections ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1183203/nepal-makes-chief-judge-prime-minister

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