It's the war in Iraq that is the focus of world media
attention but conflict is an every day experience for many people living
round the world. Last year the United Nations listed 47 armed struggles
underway. People are killed or displaced, livelihoods destroyed - there
are many ways conflict impacts on people's daily lives.

In Nepal, the insurrection by Maoist rebels has killed more than seven
thousand people over the last seven years. There seemed to be a glimmer
of hope after a recent ceasefire was announced. The government says it
wants to begin peace talks with the rebels.

But that's not done much to reduce the feelings of fear and insecurity
among the people of Nepal. Night and day the army patrols the streets of
the capital, Kathmandu, even though the bombings and killings in the
city seem to have halted for the present.

Young people are determined to carry on with their lives as the IWR team
found out when they caught up with them in the noisy coffee bars of
downtown Kathmandu to ask them what it's like to live with conflict.