Rebels withdraw blockade of Kathmandu
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Nepalese rebels said today they were removing a blockade of the capital that had cut Kathmandu off from the rest of the country for a week.
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Demonstrators in India's revolt-hit Manipur state abandoned a long-running protest demanding the repeal of an anti-terror law allowing police to shoot on sight.
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Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of  dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu.
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Traffic on two major highways linking Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal has come to a virtual halt on the second day of a rebel-imposed blockade.
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KATHMANDU -- Without setting up a roadblock or even making an appearance, Maoist rebels cut off the capital from the rest of Nepal by declaring a blockade yesterday, leaving Kathmandu with only a few days of food and cooking fuel.
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This capital city remained cut off from the rest of the country for a third consecutive day on Friday because of a blockade ordered by Maoist insurgents
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The government decided Wednesday to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire that had largely collapsed since the resurgence of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war two years ago, an official said.
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Nepal&#39;s embattled government has offered to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the capital after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Kathmandu.
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KATMANDU, Nepal Aug. 18, 2004  Communist rebels isolated Nepal&#39;s capital from the rest of the country Wednesday, stopping all road traffic near Katmandu by threatening to attack vehicles a campaign announced last week aimed at pressuring the government ...
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Maoist rebels cut off Nepal&#39;s capital Kathmandu yesterday in their first blockade of the city since the rebellion to overthrow the constitutional monarchy and set up a communist republic in the world&#39;s only Hindu kingdom began eight years ago.
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Traffic on two major highways linking Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal comes to virtual halt after a rebel blockade.
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KATHMANDU: Maoist rebels fighting for a Communist state in Nepal said yesterday they will suspend military operations during a popular festival.
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Buses, cars and trucks rolled in and out of Kathmandu yesterday after Maoist rebels lifted an unprecedented road blockade that had cut off the capital for a week.
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MALDA, India  - Two senior leaders of Nepal's Maoist rebels were released from jail in the Indian state of West Bengal on Thursday, prison officials said, after all charges against them were dropped.
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World News, Kathmandu, Three people were killed, over a dozen vehicles torched and a global march to empower people at the grassroots was disrupted as Maoist insurgents Tuesday enforced a 48-hour shutdown in six regions of Nepal.
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Nepali soldiers killed 22 Maoist rebels in a fierce gun battle in the west of the country on Thursday, the army said, as a partial blockade of Kathmandu by the rebels reduced traffic to a trickle on two key highways.
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KHANIKHOLA, Nepal  - Nepal's Maoist rebels  rejected peace talks with the new government and began an  indefinite blockade across the landlocked Himalayan kingdom on  Saturday to oppose King Gyanendra's assumption of power.