Nepal
Events Related To Nepal
| 2001 | Week of Dec 4 |
Maoist rebels attacked a Coca-Cola plant near Katmandu.» |
| 2003 | Week of Mar 4 |
A three-year-old boy and a six-month-old girl were married in Nepal; the ceremony was briefly halted after the bride got fussy but resumed after both the bride and groom were breast-fed. » |
| 2004 | Mar 22 | There was heavy fighting in Nepal and the government claimed to have killed hundreds of rebels.»[Associated Press] |
| Apr 2 | Fifty thousand protesters filled the streets of Katmandu, Nepal, demanding a restoration of democracy.»[Associated Press] | |
| Apr 9 | Nepal banned public protests in Katmandu.»[Associated Press] | |
| May 8 | The prime minister of Nepal resigned after weeks of violent street protests against the king.»[New York Times] | |
| Jul 4 | female rice farmers in Nepal were plowing their fields in the nude to please the rain god.»[Associated Press] |
Facts Related To Nepal
| 1999 | Aug | Weight in pounds of a bronze elephant donated to the U.N. last year by Kenya, Namibia, and Nepal: 7,000»[Cast the Sleeping Elephant Trust (N.Y.C.)] |
| Number of days before its unveiling last winter that shrubs and potted trees were positioned to obscure the penis of a bronze elephant donated to the U.N. last year by Kenya, Namibia, and Nepal: 1»[Cast the Sleeping Elephant Trust (N.Y.C.)] | ||
| 2001 | Oct | Chance that the death of a pregnant Nepalese is the result of an unsafe abortion: 1 in 2»[The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (N.Y.C.)] |
| Ratio of the death rate among pregnant women in Nepal to the rate for pregnant women worldwide: 2:1»[The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (N.Y.C.)] |
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