Nepal parliament votes to end monarchy
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Nepal's provisional parliament approved a motion on Friday to abolish the monarchy as part of negotiations with former Maoist rebels to move a peace deal forward, live television pictures showed.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal, Nov. 21 -- Nepal's government and Maoist rebels declared a formal end Tuesday to a decade-old civil war that killed about 13,000 people in one of the world's poorest countries.
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Nepalis woke on Wednesday to the promise of peace and an end to a decade of civil war, kidnappings, murders and fear, seven months after mass street protests overturned royal rule.
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KATMANDU, Nepal -- King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's government and declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, saying leaders had failed to restore peace or hold elections. It was the second time he has taken direct control of the Himalayan kingdom in three years.
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Former Maoist rebels in Nepal rejoin the government, after parliament votes to abolish the monarchy.
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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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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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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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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Five days after Nepal's king seized power, arrested government leaders, and suspended civil liberties, the army vowed yesterday to make a decisive strike against Maoist rebels to end a revolt to overthrow the monarchy.
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KIEV -- The Ukrainian parliament voted yesterday to dismiss the government headed by the declared winner of a disputed presidential vote, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, handing the opposition a victory in its campaign to overturn national election results.
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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 prime minister announced that ethnic Mahadhesis would have a greater role in shaping the nation's future in a move aimed at ending deadly protests in the south.
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Nepal's Maoist former rebels quit the interim government on Tuesday after they failed to reach a deal with the prime minister to abolish the Himalayan monarchy ahead of a national vote over the question.
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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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Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the  government, declared a state of emergency 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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The announcement was made in a letter read to the National Assembly on Thursday by Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the king&#39;s son and chairman of the assembly.
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Kuwait's government resigned on Sunday, parliament members said, in a move aimed at thwarting a no-confidence motion against the Gulf Arab country's health minister, a member of the ruling family.