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	<title>Nepali Times &#124; The Brief</title>
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	<description>News from Nepal in a nutshell</description>
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		<title>Not legal</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/02/09/not-legal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government stepped back from its earlier decision to legalise the land transactions made by the parallel government run by Maoists during the conflict.
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Thursday told the parliament that the decision would not be implemented. “Considering the Supreme Court’s stay order and the protest from the opposition, the decision to legalise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public enemies?</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/02/05/public-enemies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three prominent civil society members have written to Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai demanding action against Laal Rakshak monthly newspaper which published a report titled ‘Traitors of the people’ with their picture on 29 January.
Journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, former Assistant Secretary General to the UN Kul Chandra Gautam and human rights worker  Subodh Raj Pyakurel have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye gift</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/02/03/goodbye-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of discharging 7,365 Maoist combatants who opted for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) during the recent regrouping process has begun from Friday, with the handing over of the first installment of their financial package.
Separate teams mobilised by the Army Integrating Special Committee (AISC) have already reached all seven People’s Liberation Army (PLA) cantonments across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highway to Berlin</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/02/02/highway-to-berlin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When director Deepak Rauniyar expressed his wish last year that his film Highway be selected for the Berlin International Film Festival, little did he know that his dream would come true.
Highway will be screened at the 62nd Berlin Festival in the Panorama segment, along with 27 other movies. This entry is a first for any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to square one</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/31/back-to-square-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing dramatic happened when State Restructuring Commission submitted its report today, at least  nothing that we haven’t seen before. After months of deliberation, bitter debates and media mongering between formation of ‘an expert panel’ and state restructuring commission, the CA had formed a 7 member commission to propose a tentative federal model in November. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discharge of VRS combatants to begin on Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/30/discharge-of-vrs-combatants-to-begin-on-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of discharging 7,365 Maoist combatants who opted for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) during the recent regrouping process is set to begin from Monday.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Maoist party leadership with PLA division commanders of the seven main cantonments at the residence of party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitution calender amended</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/29/constitution-calender-amended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Constitutional Committee (CC) Sunday decided to amend the constitution drafting calendar based on the agreement among the  major three political parties.
The CC meeting held at Singh Darbar on Sunday decided to intensify discussions on the  disputed issues in the dispute resolution Sub-Committee and the CC and settle them by 12 February 12. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Year of Cooperative</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/28/international-year-of-cooperative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government officially launched International Year of Cooperative 2012 on Friday. Cooperative has been recognised as one of the major pillars of economy after public and private sector.
A National Committee under the coordination of Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives has been formed to mark the International Cooperatives Year 2012 hosted by the United Nations (UN).
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you really want?</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/27/what-do-you-really-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s get this straight. The United Maoists are back from the brink of a split. They head the coalition, the prime minister is Maoist, so is the Supply Minister, and the protestors setting fire to cars on the streets are also mostly Maoists. How does that work?
The leaders of the four big parties are constantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons unlearned</title>
		<link>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/25/lessons-unlearned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/01/25/lessons-unlearned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The culture of violent protests, intimidation and destruction of properties as a tool for effective political bargaining  has  become a permanent feature of Nepali politics. Today,13 youths and student factions affiliated to various political parties including NC, UML and the Maoists called for a Kathmandu bandh protesting the petroleum-price hike.
Young boys and girls carrying [...]]]></description>
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