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In today's news:
Nepal has rare hope after years of uncertainty
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNtKknWAlhu7tFEJkly9JKPLitwg?docId=f720931648414b8083a2c98d1634c583
Some excerpts:
"After years of political paralysis, the impoverished, war-scarred nation of Nepal appears finally to be moving forward.
"Thousands of former Maoist rebels stuck in camps for five years are joining the army or going home to start new lives. Long-feuding political parties have called a truce and started talks on how to restructure the country.
"The progress has stirred cautious optimism that this Himalayan nation — one of the world's poorest — can build on the hopes for economic development promised by the end of a brutal civil war five years ago and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008...
"Political bickering has prevented the government from starting any major development projects in a country whose average per capita income of $490 makes it the 17th poorest, according to World Bank figures. About half the nation's children are malnourished, its roads are crumbling, fuel shortages are frequent and clean drinking water is scarce.
"Though it has one of the largest sources of untapped hydropower in the world, Nepal faces rolling blackouts of up to 14 hours a day, because the government has not been able to build any new plants to harness it..."
Nepal has rare hope after years of uncertainty
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNtKknWAlhu7tFEJkly9JKPLitwg?docId=f720931648414b8083a2c98d1634c583
Some excerpts:
"After years of political paralysis, the impoverished, war-scarred nation of Nepal appears finally to be moving forward.
"Thousands of former Maoist rebels stuck in camps for five years are joining the army or going home to start new lives. Long-feuding political parties have called a truce and started talks on how to restructure the country.
"The progress has stirred cautious optimism that this Himalayan nation — one of the world's poorest — can build on the hopes for economic development promised by the end of a brutal civil war five years ago and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008...
"Political bickering has prevented the government from starting any major development projects in a country whose average per capita income of $490 makes it the 17th poorest, according to World Bank figures. About half the nation's children are malnourished, its roads are crumbling, fuel shortages are frequent and clean drinking water is scarce.
"Though it has one of the largest sources of untapped hydropower in the world, Nepal faces rolling blackouts of up to 14 hours a day, because the government has not been able to build any new plants to harness it..."
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