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The Himalayan nation of Nepal will go the polls next month, in an election aimed at cementing the country’s fragile peace.

But an ethnic uprising in the country’s southern plains is threatening to derail the process.

Elections are due in Nepal next month, but an uprising in the country’s southern Tarai region is threatening to jeopardise the vote.

Al Jazaeera’s Casey Kauffman reports from the Tarai region at the heigt of the protests.

When Cyclone Sidr hit the southern coast of Bangladesh in November 2007 it carved a trail of devastation.More than three thousand people were killed, and millions lost their homes and livelihoods.Al Jazeera reported from the hardest hit areas right after the storm.Now reporter Casey Kaufman has gone back, to find survivors battling to re-build their communities.

Fishing is a way of life for the coastal villagers of southwestern Bangladesh. But since Cyclone Sidr ripped through the region six weeks ago, there’s a sense of hopelessness. Many fishing villages lost their boats and nets - and with them, their means of making a living. Al Jazeera’s Casey Kauffman has travelled to Razashur village to meet the fishermen trying to restore their livelihoods.

President Bush is sending more troops to Iraq as his final push to salvage his presidency. Is it too little too late? Or will it result in more violence in Iraq?