Posted by: ratobhaley April 3, 2008
Editorial about Nepal in The New York Times
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Why do the news on Tibetan Students Entering UN compound in Nepal, start off with New Delhi, while the monarchy article starts off with Gorkha, Nepal?

In Nepal, Long-Lived Monarchy Fades From View

The royal past is being slowly rubbed away across the onetime Hindu kingdom of Nepal as the country prepares for a vote for a special assembly to rewrite the Constitution.

April 3, 2008
Tibetan Students Enter U.N. Compound

Tibetan high school children scaled a brick wall surrounding the United Nations compound in Katmandu. They were served dumplings on the other side.

March 29, 2008
Tibetan Students Climb Wall to Ask Help of U.N. Officials in Nepal

A group of high school students who scaled a brick wall to ask the U.N. to help the Tibetan cause were instead served a lunch of steamed dumplings.

March 29, 2008

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