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...AGREED. Nepal's Maoist rebels, to join an interim government, following a historic meeting between guerrilla leader Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala; in Kathmandu. The deal, which stipulates that a new constitution be written within a month, could lead to the end of the country's 10-year civil war, which has killed 13,000. Widespread demonstrations in the capital forced Nepal's King Gyanendra to relinquish absolute control of the government in April, boosting hopes of a return to democracy and settlement of the conflict...
...arrived at the clinic just as the commander of the Sri Lankan army, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, was leaving his nearby office for lunch. Eyewitnesses say Kugenthirasah walked away from the clinic and strode toward Fonseka's heavily guarded convoy. A motorcycle outrider spotted her, says military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe. Her determined manner, that bump-it didn't look right. The outrider swerved, blocked her path and, when she kept coming, dismounted and kicked her to the ground. As she lay there with Fonseka's car a few feet away, a blinding flash erupted from her belly. Nine people...
...King. The roads towards Kathmandu, just a day ago deserted due to the curfew, are now jammed with noisy pickup trucks, buses, and cars draped with red banners. Drums are beaten and horns are blown. Many of the trucks and cars are going towards the house of Girija Prasad Koirala, an 84-year old two-time prime minister of Nepal who has been picked to lead his country once again by Nepal's political parties...
...serve neither their cause nor the holy text and only bring revulsion for Islam in the eyes of other religious groups. People will start thinking there is something in the teaching of Islam that encourages terrorism. After all, in today's world most terrorists seem to be Muslims. M.S. Prasad Avadi, India...
...threat, too. Earlier this month, Maoist guerrillas fighting to overthrow the monarchy and the country's feudal system called for a protracted national transport blockade to starve the capital, Kathmandu, and so to "pressure" the government to call a cease-fire, according to a statement from Maoist spokesman Jhhakku Prasad Subedi...