Nepal parliament votes to end monarchy
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Nepal's provisional parliament approved a motion to abolish the monarchy on Friday, as part of negotiations with former Maoist rebels to underpin a fragile peace deal.
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The government will allocate more seats in parliament and guarantee places in its administration to representatives of southern Nepal, the prime minister said Wednesday as he agreed to protesters' demands following clashes that have killed 21 people.
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Nepal's government agreed on Sunday to abolish the centuries-old monarchy in a political deal with Maoist former rebels, but the decision only comes into effect after next year's elections, party officials said.
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The government of Nepal says it will not restore multi-party democracy until it has defeated Maoist rebels.
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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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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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Nepal's government agrees for the first time to abolish the country's 240-year-old monarchy.
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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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King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's government on Tuesday and declared a state of emergency, taking control of the Himalayan kingdom for the second time in three years.
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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 multi-party government and Maoist rebels signed a landmark peace accord on Tuesday that declared a formal end to a decade-old civil war that has killed more than 13,000 people.
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Nepal's government may agree in principle to abolish the monarchy in a deal to resolve a political deadlock with Maoist former rebels, but implement the decision only after fresh elections, a top minister said on Friday.
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A two-day strike called by communist rebels has shut down the capital and major towns in Nepal. The rebels have threatened to derail parliamentary elections that the government plans to hold next year.
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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 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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Parliament in Nepal endorses an agreement to abolish the monarchy, allowing Maoists to re-join the government.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal  - Nepali King Gyanendra named  two former royalist prime ministers as deputies of his ruling  council, state radio said on Monday, in a move seen as further  tightening his grip on power in the troubled Himalayan kingdom.