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		<title>Maoists reject CA term extension</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/05/27/maoists-reject-ca-term-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day before the term of the Constituent Assembly expires, and despite the hope of the government, the Maoists  have refused to extend its term until their conditions are met.
&#8220;We will not vote for the extension unless peace and constitution are ensured,&#8221; Maoist spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said after the party’s standing committee meeting on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squeezing stone</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/04/20/squeezing-stone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/04/20/squeezing-stone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hope that the constitution may be written on time is officially over as one of the ruling parties, CPN-UML, asked to extend the term of Constituent Assembly. Republica reports:
Coming with the conclusion that there is no possibility of producing a new constitution by the May 28 deadline, the parliamentary party meeting of the CPN-UML [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/31/new-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/31/new-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are the Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s days in office numbered? Members of his own party have signed a petition asking him to “open ways for national government”, Kantipur writes:
By Tuesday evening, a total of 70 CC members and a majority of CA members had put their signatures on the proposal demanding that Prime Minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New deal</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/30/new-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/30/new-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maoist Party has proposed to proceed with the management of the PLA fighters, postponing the decision on the numbers of combatants to be integrated in the security forces. Republica reports:
As per the proposal, all the 19,550 combatants will be offered different rehabilitation packages and incentives like joining the politics, voluntarily retirement or rehabilitation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filling his shoes</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/22/filling-his-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/22/filling-his-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bidya Bhandari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girija Prasad Koirala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ram Chandra Poudel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following Koirala’s demise, the political circle is abuzz with the questions how to move ahead with the peace process and constitution writing.
After a meeting with party members in Singha Darbar, Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel said his party would continue to lead the High Level Political Mechanism. Koirala was the designated co-ordinator of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitution concern</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/15/constitution-concern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/15/constitution-concern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is news that Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala’s health has improved since he was admitted to Sahid Gangalal Heart Centre on Sunday evening. Nepalnews reports:
Koirala has started speaking and the amount of haemoglobin in his blood has increased. He was administered some blood last night as the blood level in his body had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unwanted help?</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/09/unwanted-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/09/unwanted-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young Communist League, the youth wing of the Maoist Party, has announced that it will help the government arrest criminals, as part of its wider campaign to create a peaceful environment for the writing of a ‘pro-people constitution’. The Himalayan Times reports:
The YCL today announced an exposure campaign against murder, kidnapping, prostitution, women and drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I stay or should I go?</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/07/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/03/07/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[B Lynn Pascoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baburam Bhattaria]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Krishna Mahara]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations is dispatching its top political official, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe, to Nepal next week to assess the peace process. He will be stopping over in India first to discuss &#8216;matters of regional and international importance&#8217;, which is interesting because Maoist Party’s foreign department chief just accused India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/02/17/countdown-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/02/17/countdown-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 100-day countdown for the Constituent Assembly to finish writing the constitution begins today. To mark this milestone, and to let people know how their time is being used up, the Public Opinion and Coordination Committee of the CA is going on a tour of the country. The Kathmandu Post writes:
The committee has decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rift in Nepali Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/02/01/rift-in-nepali-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/02/01/rift-in-nepali-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arjun Narsingh KC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A High Level Political Mechanism meeting, scheduled to discuss the functioning of the current government, ended inconclusively on Monday. A few interesting details emerged afterwards, as leaders of various parties spoke to the press. From The Himalayan Times:
Nepali Congress has expressed its willingness to lead a new government during Monday’s High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) meeting, [...]]]></description>
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