Nepal King Sacks Government, Assumes Power
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Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the  government, declared a state of emergency and assumed power on  Tuesday, saying the leadership had failed to hold polls or  restore peace amid an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.
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Nepal becomes a federal rather than a unitary state, as parliament responds to ethnic protests in the south.
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Nepal has closed two offices in Kathmandu associated with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Tibetan and foreign ministry sources said.
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Nepali King Gyanendra sacked the government and assumed power on Tuesday, saying the leadership had failed to hold elections or to restore peace amid an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.
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NAGDHUNGA, Nepal  - Maoist rebels, fighting to  topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes  to the Himalayan kingdom's capital on Wednesday, disrupting  food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people.
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The ground rules of nationhood are radically changing in Nepal after King Gyanendra returned the government to an elected Parliament.
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Nepal's King Gyanendra publicly accepts responsibility for "success and failure" under his direct rule.
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Parliament in Nepal endorses an agreement to abolish the monarchy, allowing Maoists to re-join the government.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas sacks the Hamas-led government and declares a state of emergency.
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Fiji's military says it has taken over the government and dismissed elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
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A state of emergency is decleared in Bangkok, as tanks surround the prime minister's office and the king is declared head of state
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Nepali King Gyanendra unveiled a  10-member cabinet for his new government on Wednesday, a day  after he sacked the prime minister for failing to hold  elections or to end an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.
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Former Maoist rebels say they have resigned from Nepal's government in a row over the future of the monarchy.
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The government came a step closer to abolishing the monarchy that has ruled this Himalayan nation for centuries on Wednesday when the leading party announced its support for declaring Nepal a republic, officials said.
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Three ex-ministers of  Nepal's king are arrested on suspicion of conspiring to encourage violence in southern Nepal.
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Nepal's one-time rebel army quit the coalition government Tuesday, escalating a political crisis that imperiled the Himalayan nation's fragile peace process.
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KATHMANDU, Aug. 21. - After being slapped an indefinite blockade of Kathmandu valley by Maoists and a ban on 12 business houses, the beleaguered Nepal government was delivered a further blow today when the