Americans looking to backing the French ironical magazine Charlie Hebdo by obtaining one of the reported three million print duplicates of Wednesday's issue are prone to be extremely baffled. 

There might be 300 duplicates (in French) of the week after week available to be purchased in the US — and just in significant markets, Martin Mcewen, official VP of LMPI, the title's restrictive wholesaler in Canada and the US, told Media Ink. 

"I've requested a considerable measure more," said Mcewen, yet he is still not certain what number of duplicates will land here from the second printing. 

"There are 66 million individuals in France and they've sold out 3 million duplicates," he said. 

Hebdo has officially retreated on press for 2 million duplicates on top of the extended 1 million-duplicate press run of the current week's version. 

The American Booksellers Association issued a require its parts to offer duplicates of the cartoon week by week emulating a week ago's slaughter of eight staff parts by Muslim radicals. 

An English-dialect advanced release will be accessible through an application on Thursday. It will cost around 3 euros — at present about $3.50. 

Request from the ABA and in addition Barnes & Noble and others have spilled in, however so far Mcewen has not possessed the capacity to guarantee duplicates. 

"We are attempting to fulfill the individuals who generally convey French magazines first," Mcewen said. 

The issue has a spread cartoon character said to be the Prophet Mohammed with a teardrop originating from his left eye while a feature shouts, "Tout Est Pardonné" — "All Is Forgiven." 

He is holding a sign that peruses: "Je Suis Charlie" — "I am Charlie." 

One of the outlets in the Big Apple that plans to get a few duplicates of Hebdo is Albertine Books, a French and English book shop began by the social administrations office of the French Embassy short of what a year back. 

"I trust we will have some before the week's over, however we are not certain," Francois Xavier Schmit, Albertine's administrator, told Media Ink Tuesday evening. 

Two nippy NYPD officers stood protect outside the store on 79th Street and Fifth Avenue. 

More remote down the square, an alternative place of worship was developing outside the French Consulate with blossoms, Mass cards — and, obviously, the ever-introduce NYPD watch out front. 

Albertine said it conveyed books by two of the individuals murdered when Islamist fanatics broke into the workplace on Jan. 7. 

The books, one by the visual artist Jean Cabut, who composed "Cabu New York," and the second, by Bernard Maris, an economist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo. Maris once composed under the pseudonym "Oncle Bernard." 

Both books rapidly sold out of their few duplicates. 

The best wager for buyers in North America looking to find a duplicate may be attempt to score a duplicate by means of somebody in Canada, yet even that won't be simple. 

"There are 1,500 duplicates coming into Canada; the vast majority of them will be circulated in the Montreal range," said Mcewen. 

Emmanuel Saint-Martin runs the computerized French Morning magazine in the US and has been helping Charlie Hebdo arrange the ins and outs of the business here. 

"It will be accessible digitally in three dialects — English, Spanish and Arabic," he said, noting that there is likewise a plausibility of a Chinese-dialect variant. 

"They are not going to print an English-dialect variant," Saint-Martin said, despite the fact that he surrendered that there is a risk that will change. 

Martin said the week after week has been approached by a few daily papers eager to print and circulate the magazine, which is printed on non-gleaming newsprint. 

The Society of Professional Journalists called the assault on the sarcastic week after week "an uncouth, horrifying endeavor to smother press opportunity," as per an announcement discharged by its leader, Dana Neuts, upon the arrival of the first assault. 

"Fanatics feel encouraged to assault and execute writers anyplace on the planet for ridiculing religion or giving an account of political and administrative exercises. Such over the top endeavors to hush writers won't go on without serious consequences or fruitful. 

"Columnists around the globe work consistently to report truth, illuminate people in general and urge individuals to contemplate all sides of issues imperative to society," Neuts said. 

"This sort of assault on such an essential human right — the right to speak freely — is appalling and inadmissible," she included.. "We urge different columnists and media associations to remain in solidarity against this over the top assault on press opportunities." 

The Committee to Protect Journalists reported a week ago's slaughter is the most noticeably awful assault on the media since the 2009 Maguindanao slaughter in the Philippines. 

In 2014 alone, CPJ reports, 61 writers were murdered around the world, including 27

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An elderly man at Panauti-2 in Kavre committed suicide on Tuesday apparently after his 19-year-old granddaughter accused him of assisting her father to rape her. Police said the 73-year-old man committed suicide after his granddaughter told police that her own

grandfather and step-mother helped her father rape her. Police arrested the accused father on Monday after the girl filed a case at the District Police Office charging him of raping her time and again. The accused man has four wives and the victim is the first child from the second wife.

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Senior leaders of the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) held a meeting at the residence of UML Chairman KP Oli, Balkot on Saturday. 

The meeting discussed various issues including resumption of the Legislature-Parliament meeting and consensus on the disputed issues of the new constitution, said Chair Oli's aide Ramesh Acharya.

UML Vice-Chair Bidya Bhandari and NC Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel, Deputy General Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka and Minister for Forest and Soil Conservati

At the one-hour long meeting, the leaders reiterated that they were committed to forge consensus to promulgate the new constitution on the slated time, it is learnt.

on Mahesh Acharya were present in the meeting.

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On the occasion of World Heart Day on Saturday, September 27, doctors have suggested people to prefer soup to meat and water to alcohol to maintain a healthy living.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 7.3

Given the staggering rise on the cases of heart disease worldwide, the World Health Federation has been organizing the World Health Day on September 28 with an objective to raise awareness among people.

In Nepal, Norvic International Hospital (NIH), today organized an awareness program on its premises after organizing various programs under a week-long celebration.

Urging people to care for their heart, the cardiologists, at the program, suggested all to prefer soup to meat and water to alcohol considering the comparatively high consumption of the meat and sweet dishes during the festivals as Dashain and Tihar.

The heart disease is on rise globally due to the high consumption of tobacco, alcohol, high blood pressure, obesity and sedentary lifestyles among others.

Cardiologist Dr. Bharat Rawat stressed on the consumption of green vegetables and fruits than of the meat products to keep heart disease away.

"Since heart disease arise from the lack of physical activity and plain dishes, it is imperative to change our dietary habit," Rawat explained.

Shedding light on the importance of healthy eating habit and exercise, former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, a special guest at the event, said that he gained his health despite the heart ailment after he followed the doctors' suggestions.

The octogenarian said, "In order to keep our heart intact, we ought to focus on green vegetables and fruits than on meat and alcohol."The theme for this year's Heart Day is- 'Heart Choices Not Hard Choices'.

million people from across the world die from cardiovascular diseases annually and some 7 to 8 percent of the total population of Nepal are succumbed to it.

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Nand Prasad Adhikari and Gangmaya Adhikari

The government of Nepal has failed for over a decade to deliver justice for the killing of Krishna Prasad Adhikari. In protest his father, Nanda Prasad Adhikari, died on September 22, 2014, after over 300 days on hunger strike, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human Rights Watch said today.

Nanda Prasad Adhikari and his wife, Ganga Maya Adhikari, began their hunger strike on October 23, 2013, to protest the failure of successive Nepali governments to ensure a credible investigation of the killing in 2004 of their son, allegedly by members of the United Communist Party of Nepal–Maoists .

The ICJ and Human Rights Watch called on the Nepali government to protect the human rights of Ganga Maya Adhikari, who is reported to be in critical but stable condition in Kathmandu’s Bir Hospital. She continues to refuse food even after her husband’s death.

“Nanda Prasad Adhikari made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of justice for his son, but it should never have come to this sad moment,” said Sam Zarifi, regional director for Asia and the Pacific at ICJ. “The Adhikari couple symbolizes the thousands of people in Nepal who demand justice for the violations and abuses they suffered at the hands of the government’s armed forces as well as the Maoists.”

Despite several promises by the government, there has been little movement towards accountability for Krishna Adhikari’s death. In September 2013, after initial protests by the Adhikari couple, Nepali authorities announced that they would follow the Supreme Court’s directive to investigate the killing.

One year later, in April 2014, the Chitwan District Attorney filed charges against 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of Krishna Prasad Adhikari. But when two men were arrested and produced in court, UCPN-M leaders protested, with leader Babu Ram Bhattarai saying publicly that if Parsuram Poudel, one of the accused, could be arrested, the government should arrest Bhattarai as well. After three days of protests and threats by the UCPN-M, the Chitwan District Court granted bail to the two suspects. The case is still pending in court.

Throughout this period, the Adhikaris continued their hunger strike, pointing out serious flaws and shortcomings in the investigation carried out by Nepali authorities.

The Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) that ended the conflict in 2006 explicitly recognizes Nepal’s obligations under international human rights law without reservation. The CPA is unequivocal about the need to investigate and prosecute human rights violations in line with Nepal’s laws. A promised Truth and Reconciliation Commission remains stalled, and the draft legislation to promulgate it is deeply flawed.

“Nepali politicians should stop making empty promises and investigate all allegations of human rights abuses and violations during the conflict,” said Brad Adams, Asia director. “Nanda Prasad Adhikari’s death highlights Nepal’s flawed attempts at reconciliation and redress for conflict-era crimes, and looks like a desire to sweep all wartime injustice under the rug.”
 

The ICJ and Human Rights Watch called on Nepali authorities to continue investigations and prosecutions for Krishna Adhikari’s death, as well as hundreds of unresolved cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions.

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A woman died after she was mercilessly beaten up by her husband in the district on Saturday night.

Inebriated husband Sundar Khadka-37 y, of Goshwara VDC Wd No.5 of Lamjung Dist. killed his wife Sushila Khadka, 35 y, over a minor dispute, said the Dist. Police Office Parsa.

The couple has been living in Birgunj in course of their employment.

Husband Khadka has been working as a security guard in Sundar Steels Factory.

The dead body has been kept at Zonal Hospital for postmortem. Police have nabbed the murderer for further action. RSS

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Two years since controversy erupted over the ban on Christian burials next to the Pashupati premises, and a viable solution has yet to be implemented, forcing the community to resort to desperate means to lay their dead to rest

Along the banks of the Trishuli in Nuwakot, a jeep is speeding on, tunneling furiously into the night. As the vehicle sails forth like a silent animal, roadside settlements pass by in a blur of mute houses and shuttered shops, interspersed by long stretches of dark nothingness.

It is 11.36 pm when the jeep suddenly swerves into a bend and jerks to a halt, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Miles away from the nearest settlement, there are no visible landmarks or signs of human habitation here—only the Trishuli hissing softly on the left while a thicket of trees looms on the right. The car’s headlights are turned off, and the door on the driver’s side tentatively pushed open. A man steps out, looking around cautiously before indicating to his companions in the car to join him. Two others are soon on their feet beside him, and together, the three approach the car’s back door. It opens to reveal two dead bodies lying next to each other, both covered in some sort of cloth one can’t make out the colour of at this time of night.

The two men carry the dead on their shoulders as they follow the driver, who is walking ahead with a torch in one and two shovels in the other, leading them into the forest. None of them are saying much to the others, heavy breathing and the crunch of pebbles and leaves underfoot the only sounds around.

Once they get to a flimsy clearing amid the trees, shovels are stuck into the ground and earth sent flying as two separate graves are quickly dug. When sizeable openings have been created, the bodies are deposited gently within these and covered once more with chunks of forest floor. It is then a walk back to the car, a sprint past sleeping villages, and back in the direction of Kathmandu from whence they’d come.  Despite what the clandestine nature of this little sojourn might invoke in most imaginations, this was not a chapter out of some gruesome real life murder mystery. In fact, one of the dead comprised of an 83-year-old man who had passed away of heart failure in the Capital; the other a 62-year-old woman whose cancer had metastasised to the point where doctors—even those in India—could not treat her, and had eventually met a protracted end as the disease ate away at her. How did these two end up in the jeep? The answer is fairly simple: They were Christians, and there was no place in the Capital to bury them. At a loss for a viable alternative, this is what most in the Christian community here have been compelled to do ever since the burial ground crisis surfaced in Kathmandu about two years ago—drive bodies outside the Valley and bury them in random spots away from densely-populated settlements, more often without the knowledge of the locals, who would no doubt kick up a fuss if they were to be informed.

Grave problems

“It’s obviously not ideal, but what can we do? We don’t have any other options,” says CB Gahatraj, the chairman of the Federation of National Christian Nepal (FNCN). “We’ve been pushed into a corner.” The dead, he adds, are presently being ferried to Dhading, Trishuli, Rautahat, Sindhupalchowk, and Kavre on most counts, occasionally even as far as Surkhet, to be laid to rest.

Gahatraj despairs of the ‘indignity’ the Christian community has suffered at the hands of concerned government authorities with regard to the burial issue, a denial of religious rights that he says is ironic in a supposedly secular country. “It’s been over two years since we’ve been campaigning for the problem to be addressed, but authorities are still in the process of ‘holding talks’ while we’re left to make our own arrangements,” he says. “What is there to debate?”

The dispute over burial space for Christians—who make up only about 1.4 percent of the country’s total population—first erupted when the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) decided to bar all non-Hindus from burying their dead in the Bankali forest on the temple’s premises in January of 2011. Sushil Nahata, the then-member secretary of the PADT, explains that the directive had been taken to preserve the sanctity of Hindu ground. “Once the Bankali area had already been taken up by graves, the cemetery was beginning to expand outwards, threatening to encroach on the Hindu shrines in Pashupati,” Nahata says. “It is the government’s duty to ensure that the Christians are allocated a proper and separate burial space.” He adds that as an autonomous body, the PADT would never compromise on retaining the purity of the temple complex, which is included in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.

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 The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday arrested 35 government officials for allegedly sending 77 migrant workers to Qatar through illegal means last month.

The CIAA arrested 17 staffers from the Department of Foreign Employment and 18 from the Department of Immigration. Six officials, including the director of the DoFE, Ramesh Mainali, were arrested on Wednesday for abusing office.

Sources said DoFE officials had given the final nod to the 77 workers to head for Qatar from three manpower companies—Sanaa International, Progressive Placement and Advance Recruitment. According to the anti-graft body, 34 of the workers have already left for their destinations, while the remaining are on the waiting list.

CIAA officials said three original files having records of the migrant workers have ‘mysteriously disappeared.’ The anti-graft body is investigating the matter on the basis of photocopies of the illegal work permits. Friday’s arrest was made with a view to tracing the original files and finding out who all were involved in the matter.

The CIAA has rounded up all officials at the final work approval division and the labour desk run by the DoFE at the Tribhuvan International Airport. Sources close to the CIAA said high-ranking officials from the Department of Immigration and Nepal Police at the TIA are under tight scrutiny, as, according to them, sending the 34 workers abroad without their involvement would have been impossible. Following the arrests, the DoFE, which is considered one of the busiest public offices, has gone almost empty, affecting day-to-day activities there. This fact has stalled work related to hundreds of workers, mostly awaiting the final approval. Around 1,500 migrant workers visit the Department every day. DoFE officials said they are working to fill the vacuum created by the arrests.

The department has already assigned six officials led by Under Secretary Pradip Subedi to the final approval division. It has also assigned eight officials under Section Officers Riddhi Sitaula and Lava Raj Joshi to the TIA labour desk. “We hope things will get back to normal from Sunday,” DoFE spokesperson Divash Acharya said.

The department also held a meeting with representatives of the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA) later in the day. Although officials did not say why they actually met, sources said senior department officials asked the agencies to ‘cooperate’ in retrieving the three missing files.

NAFEA Chairman Bal Bahadur Tamang said a more transparent system is urgently needed to curb such irregularities. “It is surprising to know that such important files have gone missing from such an important institution. The government must start processing the files online,” he said.

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 Walking through the cold sinister alley

I feel the obscurity engulfing me whole,

The fallen houses, the broken roofs

All of it, makes me think of all the steps I took.

Everything is falling apart

But I still don’t know where I went wrong,

Is it me that’s pushing away the bliss?

I’d never know if I’m not.

I stand in the eye of the hurricane

Preparing myself for the worst.

Even though I’m scared of the muddle,

I walk with my head held high and chin up.



Something behind me moves, and every part of me quivers,

I turn a blind eye and look away from the chaos.

It’s not that I’ve never faced things like this,

I had stood still then, and again, Oh yes I will!

I know the hurricane will pass and so will the night

There’s dawn ready to sneak up, to make things right

Until then, I’m going to be strong, and I’ll fight

Beneath the despair, deep down, I know things will be alright.

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