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August
01
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CA elections:
The Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head
of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) said parties
in Nepal had agreed to hold elections for the Constituent Assembly, previously
postponed, on 22 November 2007. |
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August
02
2007
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Threat:
Fresh differences erupted between
Nepal's Maoists and Prime Minister G. P. Koirala with the Maoist
threatening to pull out of the ruling eight-party alliance.
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Agitation: One of the most powerful groups
from the Terai plains, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum gave the government
eight days to meet its demands or face fresh agitation in the plains.
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Terai: The Terai plains has become a battleground
of nearly a dozen armed groups. Over 100 people have died in the Terai
violence since this year. A group called Madhes Virus Killers (MVK) is
a band of former Maoist rebels, who are now fighting against their former
comrades. |
August
07
2007
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End of protests:
Indigenous nationalities
end protests after 20-point agreement with goverment.
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PLA cantonments: Representatives of Maoists'
People's Liberation Army (PLA) accused the government of ignoring problems
in the PLA cantonments. 3 PLA division commanders urged the CPN (M) leadership
to immediately pull out of the government. |
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August
11
2007
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Maoist raid:
Maoist s looted firearms
from a police post in in northern Nuwakot district. The CPN-M has sent
a team to investigate the incident.
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New party: The general secretary of the
Maoist related Tharuwan Mukti Morcha had announced a new party. |
August
15
2007
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5th plenum of Maoists:
The 5th plenum
of CPN (M) has recently decided to launch a peaceful protes
in the government, the parliament and in the streets for the establishment
of republic ahead of Constituent Assembly elections.
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CA elections: CPN (M) chairmam Prachanda expressed doubts that the
polls would be held on time.
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Tensions: Tensions between two rival student
groups aligned to political parties erupted into violence in Kathmandu.
Riot police clashed with activists Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent
Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) and Young Communist League (YCL). |
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August
26
2007
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CA elections:
CPN (M) chairman Prachanda
proposed putting off the November elections for Constituent Assembly (CA)
till mid-April 2007. Party leaders stated against Prachanda's proposal.
The election must be held on schedule, they said. Even Minister for Information
and Communications K.B. Mahara, a member of CPN (M), said that nobody could
stop the holding of the elections on the scheduled date.
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King's palaces: The Nagarjuna and Gokarna palaces in Kathmandu, Ratna
palace in Pokhara, Kanti Iswari palace in Hetauda and Diyalo palace and
some areas in Nagarjuna, Gokarna, Balaju, Thanksen of Nuwakot and Bharatpur
of Chitwan will be nationalized soon by the government. |
August
29
2007
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CA elections:
CPN (M) chairman Prachanda
has directed the Maoist lawmakers to go to the villages with "strong" programmes
for the Constituent Assembly elections.
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Security situation: Nepal's
business community has expressed concern over the worsening security situation:
industries and factories are closing down owing to constant protests, strikes,
threats and extortion by former Maoist rebels and pro-Madhesi groups in
the Terai region of southern Nepal.
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Security situation: Strikes
and political violence in southern Nepal have been hampering efforts by
aid workers to distribute aid to flood victims, said officials from the
Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS). |
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