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Dec
01
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Party meeting:
The top leaders of the
NC, the CPN-UML, the Maoists and the CPN-Unity Centre 'Mashal' hold a meeting
to discuss key issues including the implementation of the motions passed
by the interim parliament and restructuring of the government.
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Young Communist League:
CPN-M chief Prachanda
said his party has initiated internal efforts to curb the forced donations
and beatings by the Young Communist League (YCL). The party would assist
the administration to prevent the increasing criminal activities of the
YCL. |
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Dec
05
2007
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Security situation:
"We conclude that
lack of guarantee of rule of law in the country has led to increase of
such incident and that this has created a sense of insecurity among the
general public. Therefore, we strongly demand from the government to guarantee's
people's right to life. Along with this, we ask the concerned parties to
stop the violence breaching the human rights principle in Terai being carried
out by different armed groups," INSEC, Nepal's Human Rights watch dog,
said in a statement.
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Elections:
The European Union has joined
China in urging Nepal's major parties for a poll roadmap but the Maoist
guerrillas, whose opposition caused the exercise to be indefinitely postponed
last month, remained defiant, saying the election was not a 'magic wand'
to solve all problems. |
Dec
11
2007
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Warning:
A senior Madhesi leader
Hridayesh Tripathi, who has also resigned from Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi
Devhas, warned that a separatist movement could start in Terai if the government
moblised the army to quell the Madhes agitation. |
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Dec
15
2007
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Critics:
"Tell UNMIN to go, or criticize
constructively," UNMIN's chief Ian Martin urged the people of Nepal in
an interview.
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Security:
Reeling under continuous bandh
imposed by the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) and Nepal Sadbhavana Party
(NSP) since past one week, the city of Gaur in Rautahat district went through
a series of minor explosions. The local administration has rushed in extra
police reinforcement to deal with the possibility of clashes and violence.
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Security:
The National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal have expressed concerns over the growing tension
and continued strike in Gaur, Rautahat district, since two weeks. |
Dec
20
2007
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UNMIN:
The government has sent a formal letter to the United Nations
(UN) requesting extension of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
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Madhes problem:
The Madhes in the Terai
region problem is more serious than the Maoist problem, Nepali Congress
lawmakers said. They urged the government to take initiatives to solve
the problem of the Madhesi people.
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Security:
The security situation in the
eight eastern Terai districts has improved significantly, government sources
said. The government had deployed 'Special Task Force' (STF) teams in Saptari,
Siraha, Dhanusha, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Mahottari, Bara and Parsa districts. |
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Dec
23
2007
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Republican
State:
The
leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, and CPN-Maoist agreed to amend
the Interim Constitution (IC) declaring the country a "Loktantrik Republican
Federal State" and implement it by the first meeting of the constituent
assembly (CA).
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Constituent assembly:
Top party leaders
agreed to hold the CA polls by Mid-April 2008.
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Maoist arms:
The second stage of registration
and verification of Maoist army combatants has been completeds. |
Dec
24
2007
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Agreement:
The
Seven-Party Alliance has reached a 23-point agreement. Many of the commitments
in the new agreement have been made before: release of payments to Maoist
combatants, discharge of those disqualified in verification by UNMIN, and
deliberations in the special committee to consider the supervision, integration
and rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants.
A
commitment was made to a federal democratic republic and the modification
of the electoral system. |
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Dec
27
2007
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UNMIN:
UNMIN
has completed the second stage of the registration and verification process.
he
corrected number of personnel registered in the first phase was 31,318.
973
of this total were assessed to be under the age of 18 on 25 May 2006.
The
full total verified as members of the Maoist army is thus 19,602,
comprising 15,756 men and 3,846 women. |
Dec
28
2007
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Vote against monarchy: Nepal's
interim parliament formally approved an agreement to abolish the
monarchy and declare the country a republic. |
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Dec
30
2007
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Maoists rejoin government: PM
Girija Prasad Koirala appointed five Maoist leaders as ministers to portfolios
that Maoists had held before they quit the interim cabinet on 18 September
2007. |
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