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Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (left) and CPN(M) chairman Pushpa Kumar Dahal `Prachanda' after the signing of a landmark peace agreement in Kathmandu on November 21, 2006. Have the Maoists got entrapped by Koirala and lost their capacity for independent initiative?-

Democratic worries

The process of forming a Constituent Assembly remains uncertain even as elections are scheduled for November.

ROYAL COUP

King Gyanendra delivers a body blow to Nepal's fledgling democracy by enforcing direct royal rule and declaring a state of emergency.

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Nepal at a crossroads

The Maoists lift their week-long blockade of Kathmandu, but the peace process makes little headway as the two main players in Nepal politics, the Pala

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Towards a showdown in Kathmandu

Recovering lost strength, Nepal's political parties take to the streets demanding the restoration of democracy. But the monarchy is trying for a tight

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Challenging the monarchy

The political crisis precipitated by the anti-monarchy agitation by students has forced the political parties and the people at large to think of the

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On the warpath again

The collapse of the ceasefire between the government forces and the Maoists once again leaves Nepal in a state of turmoil.

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King's gambit

Nepal's monarchy, which has taken centre stage in the country's politics, now finds itself under attack from the major political parties as well as th

Nepal's challenges

As the Nepalese government enters into crucial peace talks with the Maoist rebels, the challenge before the country's mainstream political parties is

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Talks and fears

Major political parties in Nepal see in the ceasefire and the peace talks between the Maoists and the government nominated by the King a secret deal t

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New guns in an old battle

With the United States having substantially reinforced its military commitment in Nepal, the Himalayan nation is being sucked into the vortex of a U.S

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Unending crisis

With the dissolution of Parliament and the elected local bodies and with an unrepresentative and `unconstitutional' government in front, the political

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THE KING'S COUP

Nepal's King Gyanendra takes over executive power but promises to form a new Council of Ministers. He has the fig leaf of a constitutional provision t

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