• INTERVIEW-Nepal strikes threaten UN operations, staff (AlertNet)
  Source: Reuters * U.N. says work curtailed by frequent strikes * U.N. considers scaling back staff By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, July 3 (Reuters) - More frequent and violent strikes in Nepal are undermining the ...
  
  
• Nepal inches towards full cabinet (The Times of India)
  KATHMANDU: Amidst Maoist claims that they would form a new national government under their leadership within weeks, a grim Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday expanded his 30-member cabinet yet again, with two minor party leaders taking oath of office.
  
  
• 7 killed as Nepal villagers clash (Gulf Times)
  Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal’s `herbal Viagra’ erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said yesterday.
  
  
• Nepal Prime Minister urged to commit to combating enforced disappearances (Amnesty International)
  Amnesty International representatives visited Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday and called on him to ratify a human rights treaty aimed at combating enforced disappearances. Acting on behalf of the International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), the delegation from Amnesty International Nepal delivered thousands of letters to the prime minister calling on ...
  
  
• Nepal PM expands cabinet under siege (New Kerala)
  Kathmandu, July 3 : Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday expanded his cabinet in a surprise move, inducting two more ministers.
  
  
• PM Nepal to chair AISC (Nepalnews. com)
  Defense Minister Bidhya Devi Bhandari has said Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) is going to be reconstituted under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
  
  
• Norwell-based fundraiser will benefit small village in Nepal (The Hingham Journal)
  Erin Sinnott has traveled twice to the Asian nation of Nepal.  A native of Wilton, Conn., Sinnott has also visited, on a few occasions, the town of Norwell. It is unknown whether Sinnott, who recently graduated from Colgate University, has ever played in a game of paintball....
  
  
• 7 killed in Nepal's Viagra war (Hindustan Times)
  Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal's `herbal Viagra' erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said on Friday.
  
  
• Lashkar shifting base from Pak to Nepal (rediff.com)
  The dreaded Pakistan-based outfit has plans of shifting its entire base to Nepal in the next few months, according to the confession of Omar Madani, a key Lashkar operative arrested by the Delhi Police a couple of weeks ago.
  
  
• Nepal's gay lawmaker hails Delhi HC verdict on homosexuality (The Times of India)
  KATHMANDU: Nepal's first gay lawmaker has hailed Delhi High Court's ruling legalising homosexuality and said that it will give positive message in the entire South Asia region regarding the rights of the sexual minorities.
  
  

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