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Nepal: Half a million people celebrate as the King reinstates Parliament
Demonstrations recede but political crisis will continue
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Nepal: King retreats. as does opposition leaders
Victory celebrations – will the masses go further?
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Nepal: General strike and mass protests
King threatened with insurrection.
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Nepal: Where are the Maoists going?
Isolated king supported by China and the US
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Nepal: King’s coup worsens crisis
The king of Nepal, Shah Gianandra, fired his hand-picked Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and government cabinet, on 1 February. In dissolving the government, the King cited its failure to hold elections and to maintaining […]
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Nepal: King Gyanendra’s coup
King Gyanendra’s coup in Nepal, on 1 February, is "likely to strengthen the Maoist insurgents and make Nepal’s civil war even more intensive", according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels think-tank.
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Nepal’s crisis: No way out under capitalism
SINCE THE collapse of negotiations in late August, over 1,000 have died in clashes between Nepal’s military and Maoist rebels. A weak ruling monarchy represses the masses in this impoverished and largely rural country of […]