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• Nepali Congress wins most votes in elections - BBC News. November 29, 2013
• Nepal elections: Defeat for Maoists, victory for united left - Viewpoint Online. November 28, 2013
• Maoist party in Nepal rejects elections - Associated Press. November 21, 2013
• Three wounded in bomb blast in Nepal election violence - Associated Press. November 20, 2013
• Nepal sees record turnout as voters seek path out of stalemate - Christian Science Monitor. November 19, 2013
• Nepal votes for new Constituent Assembly - BBC News. November 19, 2013
• Top Nepal judge becomes head of interim government  - Associated Press. March 15, 2013
• Nepal's answer to deadlock: Making chief judge PM  - Associated Press. March 6, 2013
• Nepal parties agree on interim PM, new elections  - Associated Press. February 19, 2013
• Nepal to issue 'third gender' IDs  - Associated Press. January 22, 2013

• 'Was it worth it?' ask young Maoist fighters in Nepal - Agence France Presse. August 6, 2012
• Hundreds in Nepal march to support gay rights - Associated Press. August 3, 2012
• Humanitarian fallout from Nepal's constitutional stalemate - IRIN. June 29, 2012
• Nepal's woes deepen as ruling Maoist party splits - Agence France Presse. June 19, 2012
• Nepal faces power vacuum over constitution deadlock - Associated Press. May 28, 2012
• Protests cripple Nepal as peace deadline looms - Agence France Presse. May 11, 2012
• Nepal to form national unity government - Agence France Presse. May 3, 2012
• Nepal urged to drop plan for war crimes amnesty - Agence France Presse. April 23, 2012
• Nepal government monitors to hand checks to ex-rebels - Associated Press. February 2, 2012
• Top Nepal Maoist under fire for luxury mansion - Agence France Presse. January 30, 2012
• In Nepal, poverty crisis is killing the next generation - Agence France Presse. January 11, 2012

• Rare hope in Nepal after years of uncertainty - Associated Press. December 2, 2011
• New life begins for Nepal's Maoist ex-rebels - Agence France Presse. November 19, 2011
• Nepal parties agree on peace deal - Agence France Presse. November 2, 2011
• Maoists make comeback - Sydney Morning Herald. August 30, 2011
• Nepal's political crisis resumes after resignation - Associated Press. August 15, 2011
• Hundreds rally in Nepal for sexual rights - Associated Press. August 14, 2011
• Nepal PM stands by threat to resign - Agence France Presse. August 11, 2011
• Nepal hosts 1st public lesbian wedding ceremony - Associated Press. June 21, 2011
• Nepal's royal massacre still a mystery 10 years on - Agence France Presse. May 31, 2011
• Nepal's parliament survives, but divisions remain - Agence France Presse. May 29, 2011
• Nepal's new PM, elected on 17th attempt, sworn in - Associated Press. February 6, 2011
• Nepal elects new prime minister - on 17th try - Associated Press. February 3, 2011
• Nepal communists give up control over ex-fighters - Associated Press. January 22, 2011
• Nepal, ex-rebels agree on monitoring as UN leaves - Associated Press. January 15, 2011
• UN wants mission in Nepal to wrap up work by July - Associated Press. January 10, 2011

• Nepal poor swindled by organ traffickers - Agence France Presse. December 29, 2010
• Nepal parties agree to pass budget, avert shutdown - Associated Press. November 16, 2010
• Nepal fails in 13th bid to elect new prime minister - Agence France Presse. October 26, 2010
• Nepal lawmakers fail to elect PM for the 9th time - Associated Press. September 30, 2010
• Nepal's Maoists seek support to lead new government - Agence France Presse. September 6, 2010
• Nepal struggles amid political turmoil - Associated Press. August 25, 2010
• Nepal parliament vote fails to end stalemate - Agence France Presse. August 6, 2010
• Rules drag Nepalese to 4th Prime Minister poll on friday - Agence France Presse. August 3, 2010
• Nepal's Maoists search for coalition partners - Associated Press. July 1, 2010
• Nepal's leaders meet to thrash out new government - Agence France Presse. May 30, 2010
• Nepal's prime minister agrees to resign - Associated Press. May 29, 2010
• Nepal's Maoists block roads to government offices - Associated Press. May 6, 2010
• Nepal pro-monarchy party protests in capital city - Associated Press. February 23, 2010

• Nepal's Maoist PM bans dowry system in bid for support - Agence France Presse. January 25, 2009
• Nepalese prime minister steps down over bid to oust army chief - Sydney Morning Herald. May 5, 2009
• Nepal's prime minister resigns - Associated Press. May 5, 2009
• Nepal seeks to be a democratic federation - New Kerala. February 5, 2009
• Nepal ignores PM's ban on dowry, untouchability - New Kerala. February 2, 2009
• UN wants mission in Nepal to wrap up work by July - Associated Press. January 23, 2009
• Nepal begins process to unite army, guerrillas - New Kerala. January 16, 2009
• Nepal's leader vows to bring journalist's murderers to justice - Bloomberg. January 16, 2009
• Nepal launches drive to fight illiteracy - Reuters. January 14, 2009

• Nepal will become people's republic within one-and-half years - Nepal News. December 20, 2008
• UN releases report on scores of Nepal war 'disappeared' - Agence France Presse. December 19, 2008
• Nepal sacks, demotes soldiers over rights abuses - Agence France Presse. December 18, 2008
• Nepal government withdraws criminal charges against Maoist leaders - Deutsche Presse Agentur. December 15, 2008
• Nepal extends UN peace monitors' term yet again - New Kerala. December 14, 2008
• Miss Nepal derailed but Miss Gay right on course - New Kerala. December 14, 2008
• Nepal PM warns of possible coup, asks people to remain vigilant - New Kerala. December 12, 2008
• Nepal Maoists to stand up for gay rights in UN - New Kerala. December 11, 2008
• Nepal's Maoists say economic crisis shows capitalism has failed - Agence France Presse. December 9, 2008
• Nepal Maoists threaten to quit government - Agence France Presse. December 8, 2008
• Nepal Maoists pledge to discharge child soldiers: UN - Agence France Presse. December 6, 2008
• Deposed Nepal king sees future royal role: report - Agence France Presse. December 5, 2008
• Nepal: Internal differences in the Maoist party - What next? - South Asian Analysis. November 19, 2008
• Divisions cloud meeting of Nepal's ruling Maoists - Agence France Presse. November 21, 2008
• Protest over killings shuts down Nepal's capital - Associated Press. November 20, 2008
• Nepal to scrap king-above-law acts - The Times India. November 14, 2008
• Nepal's Maoist government to return land, property - Agence France-Presse. November 13, 2008