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KATMANDU, Nepal - Tens of thousands of former communist rebels and their supporters rallied in the capital Saturday demanding Nepal's coalition government be disbanded and replaced by a Maoist- led government.
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal refused to resign and instead called on the Maoists to resolve the Himalayan country's political crisis through dialogue.
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Lawmakers elected a communist party leader as Nepal's new prime minister on Saturday in a move aimed at ending weeks of political turmoil. Madhav Kumar Nepal , 56, of the Communist Party of Nepal was elected unopposed, parliament speaker Subash Nemwang announced. The previous prime minister, former Maoist rebel chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal , resigned May 4 following a dispute with Nepal's president.
A retired Wisconsin schoolteacher with multiple sclerosis has now climbed the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. A dispatch from the expedition company Alpine Ascents International reported that Lori Schneider reached the 29,035-foot-high peak of Mount Everest at about 7:30 p.m. CDT Friday. The 52-year-old climbed six of the other peaks after being diagnosed with multiple scleros...
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... after the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Secretary-General encouraged all ...
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A Fair Lawn woman celebrating her 30th birthday with a trip to Mount Everest was among four Americans and 10 others killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in heavy rain near Nepal's capital.
Irina Shekhets, one of two valedictorians of Fair Lawn High School's class of 1998, was among 14 people aboard the Agni Air turboprop plane when it crashed near Shikharpur village, about 50 miles south of Katmandu, according to Nepalese authorities.
...Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and American and Japanese diplomats we...
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By Kathy Lally
THE WASHINGTON POST
... words came from Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. "The world is looking at us to act bo...
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... between the government of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and the Maoists, who hold the most leg...
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'RACIAL PROFILING'
The Mexican Embassy is denouncing as racist a bill passed by the Arizona Legislature that would require police to determine the immigration status of people suspected of entering the United States illegally.
...He held talks with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Monday, the day after he presented ...
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... between the government of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and the Maoists, who hold the most leg...
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...Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and 22 other ministers, equipped with ...
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...In Nepal, the Prime Minister, Mr. [Madhav] Kumar [ Nepal], has resigned, and I am wondering,...