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January
01
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Food Programm:
The United Nations World
Food Programm (WFP) is waiting for an agreement between the government
and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to enable it to provide food assistance
to Maoist combatants. |
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January
05
2007
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Maoist threats:
Dabur Nepa, 0ne of Nepal's
biggest companies has suspended some operations because of unspecified
threats by Maoist rebels.
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Rhino conservation:
Tjhe people, security
forces, the Maoists and administration are coming together to launch concerted
efforts aimed at conservation of the rare species in Chitwan district.
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Police posts:
Maoist chairman Prachanda
has said that they agreed to allow the reestablishment of displaced police
posts and return of village development committee (VDC) secretaries to
their respective villages only after the government agreed to issue the
interim constitution by 9 January 2007. |
January
07
2007
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Morcha:
The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha,
once a Maoist outfit, broke away from the parent organisation and began
a series of killings, abductions and extortions. The Morcha, which claims
to be fighting for the rights of the people in the plains who are ignored
in Nepal's administrative, judicial and military organisations, has called
a Terai closure from Jan 12, 2007. |
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January
09
2007
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Arms monitoring:
UN arms monitors in Nepal
are beginning their work .
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Training completed:
The 111 members of the Iterim Task Force (ITF)
comprising ex-Gurkha soldiers have completed their two-day training.
They received training from the UN officials, and representatives of Nepali
Army and Maoist army. The ITF members will be dispatched to the cantonment
sites to provide 24-hour presence at the weapons storage sites.
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Interim constitution:
The ruling seven-party alliance SPA and the Maoists
agreed to promulgate the interim constitution on January 15, 2007. |
January
11
2007
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Interim Parliament:
Top leaders of the
four major political parties reached an agreement to share the remaining
48 seats in the interim legislature-parliament among the seven-party alliance
and the CPN-Maoist. According to the understanding , CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist
will get 10 seats each, Nepali Congress (Democratic) six, while Nepal Sadbhavana
Party (Anandi Devi), Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party, Janamorcha Nepal
and United Left Front will get three seats each out of the 48 seats, initially
allocated for civil society.
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Gurkhas:
A team of Gurkhas who have recently retired have begun monitoring
the decommissioning of weapons held by Maoist rebels in Nepal.
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Monarchists:
Maoist senior leader Baburam Bhattarai said that
pro-monarchy forces are posing a big threat to the people and democracy
in the country. |
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January
12
2007
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Child soldiers:
Child soldiers still recruited
by Maoists, a report from Surkhet district said.
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Security Council:
The Security Council backed Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon's call for the speedy deployment of a United Nations political
mission in Nepal to monitor the cantonment of weapons and help organize
elections for a constituent assembly after the recent peace accord between
the Government and Maoist rebels that ended a deadly decade-long war.
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Morcha: Normal life in the Terai region has been badly affected due
to the Terai bandh (shutdown strike) called by Janatantrik Terai Mukti
Morcha (JTMM), once a Maoist outfit. |
January
15
2007
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Interim parliament:
The Maoists are joining
mainstream politics for the first time. Maoist rebels have taken their
seats in a new interim parliament in Nepal.
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Interim parliament
The first meeting of the interim parliament unanimously
endorsed the Interim Constitution 2063.
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Police posts: A total of 904 of 1271 police posts have been restored
in various districts across the country. 367 posts couldn't be re-established
yet. |
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January
20
2007
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Maoist goverments:
The leader of the Maoists,
Prachanda, has formally announced that the parallel government set
up by the rebels during their insurgency has been dissolved. |
January
22
2007
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Maoist people's courts:
Reports coming from Dhangadhi district said
that Maoist kangaroo courts still functioning.
CPN (M) chairman Prachanda had dissolves all units of such courts and governments
earlier this week.
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Padlocked hotels:
Reports from Kavre district said activists of the
Maoist-affiliated Nepal Hotel and Restaurant Workers'Association (NHRWA)
have padlocked nine hotels and resorts in Dhulikhel for an indefinite period.
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Clashes: MPRF activists and Maoists clashed during a violent demonstration
organised by Madheshi Peoples' Rights Forum (MPRF) in Lahan, Siraha district.
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Monarchists: Maoist senior leader Dev Gurung has accused the monarchists
of trying to instigate violence in Lahan, Siraha district.
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Police posts: Maoists stormed the Area Police Post at Patbhar of Bardiya
district and chased the police personnel away. |
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January
26
2007
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No talks:
Maoists
rule out talks with Terai protesters saying they were instigated by King
Gyanendra and Hindu fundamentalists.
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Maoists to join Govt:
Maoist
rebels will join an interim government in February 2007.
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War crimes:
UN
urges Nepal war crimes trials. |
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