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August
05
2008 |
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Conflict victims: The Government has decided to provide compensation
to family members of those killed in the Maoist insurgency and release
unpaid wages to members of the Maoist rebel army. |
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August
13
2008
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PLA Allowances: The Government announced that People's Liberation
Army (PLA) combatants living in seven cantonments in different parts of
Nepal will get their allowances of 19 months soon. |
August
14
2008
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IDPs: Thousands of people displaced by Nepal's decade-long Maoist conflict
still await help almost 21 months since a comprehensive peace accord was
signed. |
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August
15
2008
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New Prime Minister: Members of the parliament have elected the CPN-Maoist
leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) as the first Prime Minister of the
Federal Republic of Nepal. Prachanda won 80%
of votes to defeat the Congress Party candidate S. B. Deuba.
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Congratulation: The UN Secretary-General warmly congratulates Mr. Pushpa
Kamal Dahal on his election as the first Prime Minister of the Federal
Republic of Nepal. He calls on all parties to cooperate with the new government
in order to carry forward Nepal's peace process. |
