Rebels, Government Agree on Cease-Fire
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From Times Wire Reports
Maoist rebels and Nepal’s government declared a cease-fire and prepared for talks, 14 months after a truce broke down and triggered the bloodiest spell in more than six years of fighting.
But analysts said the two sides were no closer to resolving their dispute over Nepal’s constitutional monarchy.
The breakthrough came after the state dropped a bounty on rebel leaders’ heads and canceled its declaration of the Maoists as a terrorist organization.
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