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	<title>Nepali Times &#124; The Brief &#187; Maoist Party</title>
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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>Unity issues</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/02/05/unity-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took a whole day for CPN-UML leaders to start bickering again. Despite a decision to put a united front on Thursday, the rift in the party displayed itself again in the CA. From Republica:
The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has for the second time withdrawn its official proposal for state restructuring that [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Constitution first, federalism later</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/01/31/constitution-first-federalism-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/01/31/constitution-first-federalism-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/?p=489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CPN-UML has directed its party’s CA members to ask for a State Restructuring Commission in the CA, indicating that the new constitution may be written before the finalising the details of federalism. The Himalyan Times writes:
&#8220;Restructuring the state is a very complex issue,&#8221; [UML president Jhal Nath] Khanal said, &#8220;We can also suggest leaving this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banda called off</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/01/22/banda-called-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An update: The Maoist party has agreed to withdraw the indefinite strike supposed to have begun on Sunday. The High Level Political Mechanism meeting on Tuesday had urged the Maoist leaders to withdraw the banda. Maoist leaders are expected to make an official statement about the withdrawal later today.
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		<title>Carrots and sticks</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/01/18/carrots-and-sticks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2010/01/18/carrots-and-sticks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nepal and India will review the controversial 1950 bilateral treaty, it was announced at the end of Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna’s three-day long visit to Nepal on Sunday.
In a joint statement, the two countries said they had directed their foreign ministries to review the treaty in order to strengthen bilateral relations. Kantipur writes:
Maoists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to business</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/24/back-to-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/24/back-to-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nepalitimes.com.np/blogs/thebrief/?p=298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal isn’t pleased with the media. Last night, he told BBC Nepali Service:
Having gone through the media reports today, I realised that they did not understand my speech yesterday. It was a sarcastic political comment on the political parties for not having their own stand and for waiting for directives from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wire to New Delhi</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/23/wire-to-new-delhi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/23/wire-to-new-delhi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he wanted to speak to Delhi directly since they were the &#8216;masters&#8217; ruling the &#8216;puppet&#8217; government of Nepal.  On Wednesday, the party&#8217;s Vice Chairman Narayankaji Shrestha clarified the statement saying Dahal had only &#8216;hinted&#8217; at holding talks with India. Nepalnews reports:
According to Shrestha, Dahal during his address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights ironies</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/09/human-rights-ironies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/09/human-rights-ironies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Ram Baran Yadav inaugurated a human rights conference with a very fancy name &#8211; Human Rights National Magna Meet 2009 – on Tuesday, where more than 150 civil society organsations met to discuss human rights situation, peace process and civic security issues. Republica reports:
“Human rights will be limited to ideal if people’s right to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High hopes</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2009/12/02/high-hopes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brief&#8217;s Daily Analysis
A lot of people are pinning their hopes on the Maoists calling off their plan to declare ethnic autonomous regions like they did last month. The party recently announced that it was going to push ahead with its previous plan to declare federal states. If the Maoists don&#8217;t change their minds, we [...]]]></description>
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