EU envoys urge Nepal Maoists to halt election protests
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European Union envoys urged Nepal&#39;s Maoists Thursday to halt a campaign to disrupt an impending vote on the future of the Himalayan country, warning the move could damage a 10-month-old peace process.
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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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The Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, has been hit by bomb blasts on the third day of a blockade called by Maoist rebels. Nepalese business leaders are calling for a cease-fire between the government and the rebels.
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Thousands of supporters of former Maoist rebels are expected to hold a mass demonstration in the Nepali capital on Tuesday to press the government to ensure key elections occur on time, a Maoist spokesman said.
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Nepal's Maoist rebels threatened on   Saturday to launch street protests to press the multiparty   government for early elections to an assembly that would draw   up a new constitution.
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Nepal&#39;s Maoist rebels have temporarily called off a crippling economic blockade of the capital effective on Wednesday, saying the move was in response to popular appeals.
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Maoist activists in Nepal called for an end to the recruitment by Britain and India of Nepali youth for their legendary Gurkha regiments.
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The European Union's chief election  monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes that have killed  hundreds and displaced thousands in the run-up to a December 27  presidential and parliamentary election.
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Nepal came under mounting international pressure Monday over its king's dismissal of the government and suspension of civil liberties earlier this month.
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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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The United Nations called for an immediate cease-fire Tuesday by rival army supporters of Congo's two presidential candidates, and three days of deadly fighting ebbed as the European Union sent reinforcements to the restive Central African nation.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal say they are suspending a blockade of the capital, Kathmandu that has been in effect for a week.
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Nepal's Maoist leader warned of mass protests in the streets of the capital Kathmandu if rebel demands for the election of a body to rewrite the country's constitution were not met.
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The European Union Saturday expressed &quot;deep concern&quot; at reports of extra-judicial killings under Bangladesh&#39;s emergency government and the arrest of thousands as part of a corruption crackdown.
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British ambassador predicts more anti-government  protests of the kind that were put down last September
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Nepal&#39;s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Thursday that he would seek more help from India to crush a Maoist revolt wracking his homeland as he began talks with senior Indian leaders in New Delhi.
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Nepal's new government said on Thursday it wanted peace talks with Maoist rebels but clamped down on dissent, banning all criticism of the king's decision to assume power for three years.