Nepal

'I would describe the experience overall as having been extremely successful,' she said, adding that it was 'very challenging, demanding a lot of patience and diplomacy.'

Although officially an adherent of the Great Helmsman, Comrade Prachanda has managed to pour far greater public admiration on Vladimir I. Lenin.

'In a post-conflict society such as Nepal, where tensions are sometimes high and challenges remain to human rights, governance, development and durable peace.

This is the Maoists' first big test. If they can assemble a plurality with other left and ethnic parties, they won't need the Nepali Congress or the royalists.

Despite being the largest party in the newly elected assembly, the Maoists are not quite sure they would get to head the government.

The US government is in no hurry to remove Nepal's Maoists from its list of foreign terrorist organizations. It may not matter much, though, in the short term.

First of all, we would like to congratulate the people of Nepal who took part in the constituent assembly elections without fear.

UNHCR has distributed copies of school notes for students who had lost them in the fire, while those sitting annual exams were hosted in other camps.