In Nepal, women who were victims of violence are seeking representation in peace talks between the government and Maoist rebels.
Central Asia is peppered with nasty outfits, like Nepal's Maoist insurgency, which literally bleed across borders.
Soldiers were everywhere, guarding the approaches to Everest, one of the few parts of Nepal not yet subject to the Maoist insurgents.
India fears that rapid progress to a republic could allow the powerful Maoist rebels to fill the vacuum.
According to ABC News, the Maoist Shining Path insurgency killed nearly 70,000 Peruvians during the 1980s and 1990s, nearly bringing Peru into a total collapse.