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Coalition talks for Nepal's new government
09:39:21, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's Maoists began the difficult task of cobbling together a coalition cabinet on Sunday, hoping to form the country's first elected government after the abolition of the monarchy.
Former Maoist rebel leader seeks Nepal's PM job
09:24:10, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The leader of Nepal's former rebel Maoists has announced that he will stand in elections to become the Himalayan country's first post-royal prime minister.
Nepalese prisoners overpower jailers
20:21:36, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in southern Nepal say more than 50 prisoners, affiliated with various political and criminal armed outfits, have overpowered 15 guards and escaped during a roll call on Wednesday.
UN says Nepal urgently needs food air
22:09:56, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations World Food Program says 2.5 million people in Nepal urgently need food aid, and says it's only currently meeting the needs of 50,000 of the hungry.
Anti-China protests in Nepal, India
05:01:59, 8 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Thousands of Tibetan exiles have held fresh demonstrations in Nepal and India, demanding religious rights and saying China should not be allowed to host the Olympics while its rule over their homeland continues.
Nepal's president extends deadline to form government
13:29:10, 7 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's new president, Ram Baran Yadav, has given former Maoist rebels another three days to form a consensus government.
Tibetan protesters detained in Kathmandu
10:25:14, 5 August 2008, Radio Australia News
At least 80 Tibetan exiles have been detained in the Nepal capital, Kathmandu, while demonstrating outside the Chinese embassy.
Tibetan exiles continue anti-Olympic protests
23:43:06, 3 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepali police say they've detained at least 300 Tibetan protestors outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu.
Nepali police detain 30 Tibetan protestors
00:11:46, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in Nepal have detained 30 Tibetan protesters as they were preparing to march back to their homeland.
Nepali president urges consensus government
07:10:44, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's first president has used his maiden address to the nation to appeal for deadlocked rival political parties to form a consensus government.
Nepali police detain Tibetan refugees
16:45:10, 26 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in Nepal says they have detained 125 Tibetan refugees, including nuns and monks, for trying to storm a Chinese consular office in Kathmandu.
Australian government approves $US6m in aid projects
21:13:20, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian government has approved more than $US6 million for international aid projects to help those who have fled war, persecution or political strife in their homelands.
China pressuring Nepal over Tibet: rights group
19:25:19, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
China has rejected accusations that it has put pressure on authorities in Nepal to use excessive force and arbitrary arrest against hundreds of Tibetan protesters.
Nepal's first president sworn in
15:56:39, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The first president of the Nepal republic has been sworn into office, but the country remains in political limbo with the former Maoist rebels refusing to form a government under him.
UN peace mission to Nepal extended to aid stability
12:08:39, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations Security Council has agreed to a request by Nepal to extend a peace mission by six months.
Maoists create new political uncertainty for Nepal
22:20:14, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's Maoists have decided against forming a new government after their candidate was defeated in the parliamentary vote for president, plunging the country into new political uncertainty.
Nepal votes in country's first post-royal president
08:18:22, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Lawmakers in Nepal have voted in the country's first post-royal president, rejecting a candidate backed by the former rebel Maoists.
Nepal murder probe calls for Maoist prosecutions
02:40:35, 18 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Rights advocates in Nepal are closely monitoring a murder probe that will be an indicator of the Maoist lawmakers' stance on human rights.
Nepal to pick first president this week
09:03:18, 16 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A special assembly will elect Nepal's first president this week after the country abolished its monarchy and became a republic.
Nepali police officers taken hostage by juniors
02:18:33, 14 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Officials in Nepal say about 200 riot policemen based in a camp in the southwest of the country have taken several senior police officers hostage to protest ill treatment and poor food.
Nepal court orders release of Tibetan leaders
03:23:17, 9 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the release of three senior Tibetan refugee officials recently arrested and accused of involvement in anti-China activities.
Former Fiji PM advises Nepal's new government
14:43:22, 7 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Fiji has advised the world's newest republic Nepal, to use dialogue as the way to solve its political problems.
Helicopter crash at Nepal base camp
11:24:28, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News
A helicopter has crash landed at a remote Himalayan base camp in Nepal.
US calls for release of Tibetan leaders
12:10:42, 27 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States says it is deeply concerned over the arrest in Nepal of three Tibetan leaders, and called for their immediate release.
Nepal PM resigns
04:54:15, 27 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has resigned, clearing the way for former Maoist rebels to form a new government.
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