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Maoists to join Nepal government
The Nepalese government is to dissolve parliament and set up an interim government that will include the country's Maoist rebels.
The move was announced in the capital, Kathmandu, after landmark talks between rebel leader Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
Prachanda said he wanted the new government set up within one month.
Friday's talks in Kathmandu were the first formal meeting between the government and the rebels.
Their joint statement formalised in writing an understanding reached at the height of widespread protests against the rule of King Gyanendra in April.
The talks are the latest step in moves to end Nepal's decade-long insurgency.
No time frame
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says that in agreeing to dissolve parliament, the multi-party government has made far reaching concessions to the rebels.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5085760.stm
Prachanda said he wanted the new government set up within one month.
Friday's talks in Kathmandu were the first formal meeting between the government and the rebels.
Their joint statement formalised in writing an understanding reached at the height of widespread protests against the rule of King Gyanendra in April.
The talks are the latest step in moves to end Nepal's decade-long insurgency.
No time frame
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says that in agreeing to dissolve parliament, the multi-party government has made far reaching concessions to the rebels.
More
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5085760.stm
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