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BBC News
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Nepal is due to become a republic and end 240 years of royal rule.
A newly-elected assembly is to meet in the capital, Kathmandu, to abolish the monarchy but its key vote has been postponed for a few hours.
As the assembly was being sworn in on Tues..
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CNN
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Nepalese police shot and killed a demonstrator Wednesday as he protested the killing of a political candidate a day earlier, police said. The demonstrator's death is the latest of several violent episodes in Nepal in advance of elections scheduled for Thu..
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BBC News
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Nepal's interim Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, has announced that he has resigned.
Correspondents say the move paves the way for the former rebel leader, Prachanda, who heads the Maoist party, to succeed Mr Koirala.
The Maoists emerged as the..
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BBC News
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Nepal's former king Gyanendra has spent his last night in the palace compound in Kathmandu which has been home to the royal family for more than 100 years.
The deposed king has begun making a press statement before he and his wife Komal, the former que..
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BBC News
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Authorities in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, have banned rallies and mass meetings in strategic areas.
The prohibition comes into force two days before Nepal's newly-elected assembly is expected to meet to declare the country a republic.
Venues c..
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SF Gate
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Nepal's former rebels surprised observers Tuesday by winning more than half of the directly elected seats where counting was complete in an assembly that will shape the Himalayan nation's political future.
The former insurgents, now known as the Commun..
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BBC News
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People in Nepal have completed voting in elections that will decide the future direction of the country.
The polls are for an assembly that is expected to re-write Nepal's constitution and abolish its monarchy.
Officials say polling has been mostly..
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CNN
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Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing centuries-old monarchy from this Himalayan nation and turning it into a republic. Lawmakers voted to endorse an agreement by the main political parties on abolishing the monarchy reached earlier this..
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BBC News
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Former Maoist rebels in Nepal say they have quit the interim government.
The Maoists have been demanding the abolition of the monarchy ahead of constituent assembly elections due to be held in November.
The prime minister says the constituent assemb..
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BBC News
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Nepal's multi-party transitional government has decided to nationalise major royal properties inherited by King Gyanendra.
The properties include the Narayanhiti Royal Palace in the capital, Kathmandu, and six other historic palaces around the country...
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BBC News
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At least 240 people are now known to have died in floods affecting India, Bangladesh and Nepal, where millions of people face continuing misery.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Indian state of Bihar are short of food and isolated while rescue se..
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BBC News
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Millions of people have been displaced by severe flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains in northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
More than 12 million are displaced or marooned in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, officials say.
A..
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BBC News
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Parliament in Nepal has given itself the power to abolish the monarchy if King Gyanendra interferes in constituent elections due in November.
Parliament passed the constitutional amendment late on Wednesday. It requires a two-thirds majority to end the..
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BBC News
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The Nepalese army has sent a rescue team to a remote mountain region where several hundred people are believed to have been trapped by a heavy snowstorm.
The army says it has flown its team by helicopter to Dolpa district in western Nepal but it will t..
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BBC News
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Maoist ex-rebels have been sworn in as ministers in Nepal's interim government after a deal on the make-up of the new cabinet tasked with building peace.
Parties in the ruling alliance reached a deal after a day of haggling over senior posts.
Five M..
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BBC News
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The expected swearing-in of a new cabinet in Nepal to include Maoists for the first time has been postponed until Sunday over a last-minute hitch.
It is reported to have arisen over the nominee for the post of foreign minister put forward by the second..
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Reuters
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Authorities in Nepal tranquilized an elephant and trimmed its tusks after it was blamed for a dozen deaths in the country's east over the past six weeks, wildlife officials said on Sunday...
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