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Welcome to the Second Year Romance while we remember that rejuvenating day last year.
THE WAR IS OVER, NEPAL DECLARES!
Less than a minute ago, amidst a grand and historic ceremony, Nepali leaders agreed to end the war that killed more than 13 thousand people in the last 10 years. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and CPN [...]

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497=Total number of seats in Constituent Assembly
Here is how it works:
205= Existing constituencies (for the Parliament)
35= To be added (recommended by the Election Constituency Delimitation Commission.) Of the 35, the commission has added 28 constituencies in the terai and 7 in the hill regions. But it hasn’t changed the number of constituencies in the 16 [...]

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At a time when certain embassies are casting doubts on the fate of CA elections, India has supported Nepali Prime Minister’s position that election must be held at any cost. This is important because elections must be held on time. To differ the election date means to give time to play dirty games to the [...]

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Armed Maoist guerillas in a marketplace in Gaighat yesterday. Displaying arms in public like this is against the peace agreement they signed. Plus, the vehicle they were using didn’t have license plate. Pic by Rameshchandra Adhikari
Sometime these Maoists really make me wonder about them. It feels like they are a confused lot or ignorant about [...]

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Two photos, one very positive message:

Gun, gun burning bright, in the peace of the day: Weapons belonging to the now dissolved retaliation group that was formed to fight Maoists in southern Nawalparasi were burnt and destroyed on Friday in public. The group, on the initiation of National Human Rights Commission, announced its dissolution Friday saying [...]

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How it feels to see the end of the bloody war An emotional blog
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle’s Web Log
Less than a minute ago, amidst a grand and historic ceremony, Nepali leaders agreed to end the war that killed more than 13 thousand people in the last 10 years. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and CPN Maoist [...]

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Uncle Sam on Nepal political development: If the Maoists separate from their arms, renounce violence and establish their credentials as a peaceful entity, the United States can remove them from our terrorist list and treat them like any other political party.
Happy news about American Ambassador James F. Moriarty’s recent activism in Nepali politics is that [...]

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Newspapers, general public and political leaders are unanimously praising the Agreement and celebrating the achievement
Public Voice:
Hearing the news about peace deal, I became so much emotional that tears started coming from my eyes. I saluted the leaders. -Ashok Kumar Pathak, a reader, in Kantipur daily.
Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and Commander Prachanda deserve [...]

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For the record: A deal on weapons
Maoist combatants will remain confined in cantonments in seven different places. The weapons of the combatants will be separated from them and locked in storages within the designated cantonments. The keys of the locks will remain with the Maoist leadership. The UN will monitor the locks through close circuit [...]

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Situation Update XII: A report by Conflict Study Center, Kathmandu
Contributed by Bishnu Pathak PhD and Chitra Niraula
Assisted by Yashoda Upreti
[Refer to this Wikipedia page for related info discussed in the article]
Two prognosis are presently found in Nepal – the talks will materialize following the zest and zeal of the commoners and talks will fail ignoring [...]

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