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...Jansen, Elizabeth Sher Man; F. T. Gibson, Elizabeth Lawrence; Log in Roots, Ellen Freshingham; R. A. MacFadden...
...seven-year uprising by Maoist rebels. Thapa might not be able to do so, either, given the pressure to produce results fast. Since ascending the throne in June 2001, Gyanendra has shown little patience with his Prime Ministers, firing not just Chapa but his predecessor Sher Bahadur Deuba...
...Friday the elected government got a stark vote of no confidence: the country's constitutional monarch King Gyanendra?who took the throne 16 months ago after the Crown Prince massacred most of the royal family?went on national TV to say he was firing 'incompetent' Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, postponing next month's parliamentary elections, and temporarily assuming executive powers. Gyanendra says his actions pose no threat to democracy, and promises elections as soon as he sets up a new council of ministers 'with clean images.' Nepal's politicians decried his power grab as unconstitutional, but his beleaguered subjects...
...estimates that the country will run out of food by August. The U.N. warned that across southern Africa around 10 million people face starvation unless aid arrives soon and four million tons of food will be needed over the next year. NEPAL Lethal Fighting A week after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was forced to call early elections, King Gyanendra imposed another three months' state of emergency and the army fought battles with Maoist insurgents. More than 160 rebels were killed when they attacked an army base in the Rukum district west of Katmandu. Further clashes with the rebels...
NEPAL Truce Trounced Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ruled out any talks with Maoist rebels unless they surrender their weapons. Deuba was responding to reports, later denied by a rebel spokesman, that the guerrillas had declared a one-month unilateral cease-fire. The statements came after some of the heaviest fighting in the country's six-year conflict, with estimates that between 250 and 600 people had died in the Western district of Rolpa...