Letter from CP of Nepal (Maoist) to US ambassador "It is quite sad that the Nepalese politics is now repeating the well-known fable of two quarreling cats and a clever monkey. The hectic activities of some foreign missions and open and loud remarks of some ambassadors leave one in no doubt as to who calls the ultimate shot in the corridors of power in Kathmandu. As the head of the mission of the sole super power in the world and with a known McCarthyian ideological disposition for long you have been the most visible and vocal in this enterprise. Hence without any intention of pricking and instigating your super-power ego we would like to put forth our point of view on some of the points you have raised against us in public forum and media. We would here mostly confine ourselves to your address to the Foundation of Nepalese in America, Nepal branch, on September 12, 2003 ( The Telegraph, Kathmandu, September 17, 2003 ) and your interview to Spotlight Weekly ( September 19-25, 2003)."
Turkish troops shoot dead three leftist rebels "The Turkish military shot dead three leftist guerrillas during fighting in the rugged terrain of eastern Turkey late on Monday, local security officials said on Tuesday. The Maoist-Communist rebels were killed in clashes with Turkey's army in the province of Tokat."
Nepal: Strike successful: Maoists "In a joint statement Saturday, Maoist chief Prachanda and Dr. Baburam Bhattarai said the three-day nationwide strike was fully 'successful'.
'The success of bandh indicates that people have accepted our demands for round table conference, interim government and constituent assembly,' the statement claimed. The Maoist duos also thanked people for making the strike 'successful'.
On the people's war, the statement said it would go on unless sovereign rights of the people are established. "
India: Chennai voice for Nepal's Maoist "A group of leftists under the banner of Committee to Defend Human Rights of Chandra Prakash Gajurel, a Nepalese Maoist leader, who was arrested recently at Chennai airport on charges of traveling to London on a fake passport, urged the Indian government to grant political asylum to the communist leader. "
