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home > fellows' stories > spring 2006 > nepal

Nepalese Political Parties Explore Links with Maoists

by Doualy Xaykaothao, Spring 2006 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of National Public Radio

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April 13, 2006

Strikes and protests continue in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal. The king has fired the government and refuses to talk to the major political parties. There is an emerging alliance between those parties and Maoist insurgents.

Listen to Xaykaothao's report at www.npr.org

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