Posted by: cardinal January 31, 2005
BREAKING NEWS
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/nepal.govt.reut/ KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) -- Nepali King Gyanendra has sacked the government, announcing the decision in an address broadcast on state radio. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had been reappointed last June, about two years after Gyanendra fired him for failing to tackle a long-standing Maoist revolt against the monarchy. Deuba had vowed to hold long-delayed elections later this year after the rebels, fighting to replace the monarchy with a communist republic, failed to respond to his offer for talks when a January 13 deadline expired.
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