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MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALK

Israel, Palestine agree to resolve issues in a year

AGENCY
WASHINGTON, Sept 3: : The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have pledged to work towards a resolution of all the core issues of disagreement within a year with the aim of establishing a Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel.

They have agreed to develop a framework for a permanent peace deal during talks held in Washington, and also to meet for direct talks every two weeks in the region. [More]

	VIGNETTES Jagadish SJB Rana: An evening with our new Motiram Bhatta and James Boswell
	BY PETER J KARTHAK
	Narendra Prasai of Nai (Narendra+Indira) Prakashan is a persuader par excellence, I tell you. The Prasais of east Nepal are poetically prosaic in their own way. I receive his polite phone call with “Peter Daju!”, and I go berserk, for he has something which one “can’t refuse” – to quote the famous Godfather phrase.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

Lawmaker Karki took bribe: Udasin's wife
REPUBLICA

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Brahmananda Udasin, an accomplice of CPN-UML lawmaker Dol Bahadur (DB) Karki, who has been in the police custody on charge of accepting bribe, has told the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) that Karki accepted Rs 100,000 from a youth assuring him a police inspector job.

Udasin´s wife had recorded statement on behalf of her husband at the CIAA, Thursday. CIAA investigating officers agreed to take statement from Udasin´s wife after he told CIAA that he was unable to record statement because he was blind. [More]

NC's no to PM candidacy withdrawl
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Minister misuses state resources
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Gold smuggling on the rise
UPENDRA LAMICHHANE

BIRGUNJ, Sept 3: The Armed Police Force (APF) on Thursday seized over four kilograms of gold while being smuggled in the country from India. As shortage of gold in the market has triggered its price upward, cross-border smuggling of the yellow metal to Nepal from India has spurred in recent days.

The police had found the illicitly imported gold while inspecting a Santo car with registration number Ba 7 Cha 6344 entering the country from Birgunj on Thursday. [More]

Govt bans gold import
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Gold dispute lingers, FNCCI help sought
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Wettest August since 2002
REPUBLICA

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Rainfall in August in Kathmandu Valley was the heaviest for the month since 2002. This August saw a total of 486.3 mm rainfall.

In the Valley, where Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) normally records an average of 319 mm rainfall in August, this year´s monsoon brought 166.3 mm more rain than its average. This year´s August rain had surpassed its average in the first three weeks of the month. [More]

2 police officers arrested for bribe from lawmaker's son
SUNDAR KHANAL

Police mobilized to dispose of waste
PRATIK RIMAL

LIFESTYLE

What is art? Aesthetic sense
UJJWAL MAHARJAN

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Art, as most would agree, is a collective, and it comprises many forms. For this section this week, Republica asked the question “What is art?” to Pradeep Yonzon, one of the senior photographers of Nepal, for his perspectives on photography as a form of art.

“Well, I actually call myself an accidental photographer,” says the 56-year-old photographer with a perky smile and adds, “It took me many years to actually understand photography as art.” [More]

Nepal Engineering College bags RoboCup
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Sadichha Shrestha clinches Miss Nepal crown
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SPORTS

Four clubs withdraw from A-division
PRAKASH TIMALSINA

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Four among eight promoted A-division club confirmed that they would not participate in the knockout football tournament scheduled to kick off two weeks later. Swayambhu, Brigade Boys, Saraswati Club from Kathmandu and Koilapani Polestar will not take part in the tournament starting from September 18.

There are 18 A-division clubs including the eight promoted from B-division. [More]

Selected wushu player hopes to continue SAG success
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SPORTS BRIEFS: LG Golf on Sept 11
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INTERNATIONAL

Mexican soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTERREY, Mexico, Sept 3: Soldiers killed 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has seen a surge in drug gang violence, the military said.

A reconnaissance flight over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted several gunmen in front of a property, according to a statement from Mexico´s Defense Department. [More]

Pakistan militants kill 35 despite floods
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Police kill hostage-taker at Discovery Channel headquarters
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