Posted by: presidentofnepal2035 February 1, 2005
BREAKING NEWS
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KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's King Gyanendra unveiled a new cabinet, a day after sacking the government and imposing an indefinite state of emergency in a move that has sparked international condemnation. In an announcement carried by state television and radio, the monarch named Rames Nath Pandey as foreign minister in a cabinet that also included a communist member, Radha Krishna Mainali, at sports and education. The king announced he would head the new government after the previous administration failed to ensure security in the face of the Maoist rebellion that has claimed more than 11,000 lives since 1996. Demonstrations were expected in the Himalayan kingdom later to protest against the king's decision, but details were scarce, with all telephone lines and mobile telephone networks down.
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