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October 05, 2008
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Shawwal 05, 1429
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Nepal govt invites rebels for talks
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Nepal’s Maoist-led coalition government invited armed rebel groups in the country’s southern plains for talks and named three government negotiators, a senior cabinet minister said on Saturday.
More than a dozen armed groups are fighting a low-intensity insurgency in the Himalayan nation’s southern plains bordering India called Madhesh, demanding greater regional
autonomy.—Reuters
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