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During the International Co-ordinators' Meeting on Monday, it was regretfully agreed not to proceed with plans for holding the International Gathering in Nepal during 2010. Included amongst the reasons for this decision, which was disappointing to us all, was the lack of technology to enable suitable communication between Nepal and the rest of the organising committee and the time and expense that will be needed to get participants to and from the venue...

It was during the decade (1995-2005 A D) long Maoist-government armed conflict in Nepal that took the life of about thirteen thousand people. In December 2000, a 46 year old man was missing since ten days for no known reason...

A brief update, as AVP Nepal recently (and quietly) celebrated its first birthday of existence. In April and May of 2008, the first 2 Basic workshops were held in Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu...

For thirteen years, Nepal had been beset by escalating levels of violence as the Maoists increased their pressure on a corrupt and ineffective monarchy and administration. In the spring of 2006, an historic agreement was reached to hold free elections...