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Nepal Maoists end first post-war convention

The head of Nepal's ruling Maoists on Friday pledged that the country was headed towards elections after he cemented his position as leader at the end of the party's biggest post-revolutionary meeting. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, was returned as party chairman at the Maoists general convention which was designed to reaffirm their commitment towards democracy after successfully toppling the monarchy in 2008.

Nepal's Maoists to hand premiership to independent

Nepal's Maoists vowed Saturday never to return to guerrilla warfare and offered to give up leadership to an independent prime minister to take the Himalayan nation towards democracy. Party leaders said at their general convention they would step down from government to seek a popular mandate to lead a "socialist revolution", six years after a decade-long insurgency which toppled the world's last Hindu monarchy.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Nepal's Maoists to hand premiership to independent

Nepal's Maoists vowed Saturday never to return to guerrilla warfare and offered to give up leadership of the nation to an independent prime minister to lead the Himalayan nation towards democracy. Party leaders said at their general convention they would step down from government to seek the mandate of the people to lead a "socialist revolution", six years after their armed insurgency toppled the world's last Hindu monarchy.
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