Nepal parliament OKs abolishing monarchy
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Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing the centuries-old monarchy and turning this Himalayan nation into a republic.
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Serbia's parliament approves a new constitution claiming sovereignty over the UN-run province of Kosovo.
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National elections â already twice delayed â are scheduled for April. The interim government voted to abolish the monarchy, meeting a key demand of former Maoist rebels.
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Nepal's government agrees for the first time to abolish the country's 240-year-old monarchy.
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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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Britain's parliament passed legislation Wednesday allowing the Northern Ireland Assembly to be dissolved in January and an election held weeks later in hopes of reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration.
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Islamabad, Nov. 1. - Amid strong protests from opposition lawmakers, Pakistanâs Parliament today approved a Bill allowing President Pervez Musharraf to continue as Pakistanâs army chief, disregarding
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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.
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Nepal celebrated the Hindu festival of Janmashtami Monday as a five-day-old curfew imposed on capital Kathmandu and its neighbouring district was lifted completely.
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Nepal's government and Maoist rebels sign a disarmament accord aimed at decisively ending the civil war.
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The secluded Himalayan nation of Bhutan will begin its transformation from an absolute monarchy to a democracy with several leaders fresh out of college at the helm, election officials announced.
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Nepal's parliament gives itself the power to abolish the monarchy if  the king interferes in forthcoming elections.
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KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 26: The Nepal Government acted defiantly and decisively today to ensure normal supply of essential commodities to the Capital from two main highways as the ââblockadeââ launched by the Maoists entered its third day.
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Nepal's government boosted security spending by nine percent in a bid to crush an increasingly deadly Maoist insurgency aimed at toppling the monarchy in the poverty-stricken nation.
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Former Maoist rebels in Nepal rejoin the government, after parliament votes to abolish the monarchy.
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Phone lines and internet connections are restored a week after Nepal's king took control of the country.
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GUWAHATI, India  - Bhutan's new king, who ascended the throne after his father abdicated last weekend, said that he was committed to transform his kingdom into a parliamentary democracy.