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Nepal Update and Peace Corps Possibilities

By Shivaji Uphadaya On Constitution Assembly Elections and Results: The overall success of the Constitutional Assembly Elections held on the 10th of April 2008 was a break through towards the opening of a new Nepal. More than 60 percent voters’ turn out demonstrated their fearless participation and extreme desire to

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Update From N4 Volunteer Currently In Nepal P2.

Some hurricane!  We came out the other side of the eye, and, other than a few scattered showers, there’s no sign of a second half of the hurricane. In fact, the most striking feature of the landscape is how remarkably smoothly the election went.  It was hardly perfect; there dozens

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Update from RPCV In Nepal

Tansen, April 11 Hello, Nepal IV and friends from the front lines. We’re in the calm of the eye of the hurricane right now.  The violence and disorder of the past months (or years, depending on how you count) wound down exceedingly quickly in the past several days as closures

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Translator Needed In DC

Executive Linguist Agency  A language company in LA for one or two interpreters who would be willing to work with the immigration department – through their agency.  … The work may entail interpreting for individual during interviews and also during immigration hearings. The assignment would be in the downtown area of Los Angeles.

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ICG Report – Nepal’s Election and Beyond

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW REPORT Kathmandu/Brussels, 2 April 2008: Elections for Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on 10 April could be marred by political violence, but if all parties cooperate, it will open the next stage in the peace process. Nepal’s Election and Beyond,* the latest report from the International Crisis

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Sign Petition To Support Tibet/ Pressure China

An International Day of Action has been declared for Monday – thousands of people in cities across the world will march to Chinese embassies and consulates to deliver our petition! SIGN TIBET PETITION – CLICK HERE ————- Dear friends, After decades of repression, the Tibetan people are crying out to the

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Editors Wanted … Group Pages Available

If you have something to share with our Friends of Nepal community – a rolodex of group members … a funny story … events of interest to us … insight from a recent trip to Nepal… please contact us and we can sign you up as an editor after an extensive

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