Maoists demand Nepal presidency
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Maoist leader Prachanda says he expects to be Nepal's first president after its monarchy is abolished.
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Nepal's Maoist rebels call a  general strike in the capital, Kathmandu, in protest at key government appointments.
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Opposition parties in the Nepalese capital call a general strike over a petrol price rises.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal  - Nepali troops backed by  helicopters have attacked Maoist camps in the jungles in the  west of the country, as part of a new offensive against the  rebels launched after the king seized power a week ago.
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Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba held talks with his Indian counterpart on Thursday to try to secure more help to crush an increasingly deadly Maoist revolt in the poor Himalayan nation.
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Political parties in Nepal will hold protests against King Gyanendra's direct rule, says an aide to the sacked PM.
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NEW DELHI: Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba vowed yesterday to crush a deadly Maoist revolt in his poor Himalayan nation as giant neighbour India promised more military help to fight the leftist guerillas.
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Nepal is to probe disappearances of left-wing activists - a major demand of Maoist rebels blockading the capital.
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Nepal's main opposition party urged  the government on Monday to call a unilateral cease-fire with  Maoist rebels and seek peace talks to end a road blockade that  has cut the capital off from the rest of the country.
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Maoist rebels, who have cut off Nepal's capital for four days, pledged to expand their campaign to the Tibetan border as fresh violence left a police officer dead.
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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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Nepal ordered more troops to patrol highways and warned against hoarding in an effort to break a Maoist blockade across the nation, the biggest challenge so far to King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power this month.
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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's embattled government offered to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the capital yesterday after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Katmandu, officials said.
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Nepali political parties were making last ditch efforts on Monday to try and convince the former Maoist rebels not to quit the interim government and to withdraw their planned protests in a row over the monarchy.
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KATMANDU, Nepal Nepal&#39;s deputy prime minister appealed on Thursday to Maoist rebels who are blockading the capital for talks to end the two-day-old stand-off as food prices began to rise.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (22/11/04) - At least 19 Maoist rebels and 10 security forces were killed in Sunday clashes as the Nepalese government entered its third day of an offensive launched against rebels in the Himalayan Kingdom.
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KATHMANDU - Tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched through Kathmandu on Monday, calling for an end to the conflict between Maoist rebels and Nepalese security forces.