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Nepal forms Parliament- Maoists accept truce MIL/Agencies, Apr 29, 2006. Kathmandu, Nepal, Apr. 29 - Nepal has reconvened its Parliament on Friday after four years. The legislators proposed a cease-fire with the Maoist rebels, who have agreed for a three months truce subject to certain coditions like elections for a constitutional assembly. There were thousand of political activists jammed the streets and stood before the Parliament building demanding that the new legislators should make promise to get the constitution rewritten. The legislative session came after weeks of often-bloody protests forced King Gyanendra to give up absolute power and return the country to democratic rule. "We expect parliament will make a decision today about the constitutional assembly," said Bamdev Gautam of the United Democratic Front, a pro-democracy group rallying in a park about a mile from parliament as supporters of the party and the country's Maoist insurgency milled about. "If they do not, we will call the people to rally and to make more peaceful struggles." Matthew Rosenberg Associated Press writes: At the rally in the heart of the capital, red banners adorned with the Communist hammer and sickle fluttered as a small group of Maoist rebels and supporters gathered. Thousands came to the rally. In a statement distributed to the crowd, the Maoist insurgent leader, who goes by the name Prachanda, praised the protests that led to Gyanendra handing over power to elected politicians. "This revolution is an appeal to the people all over the world to . . . defeat autocracy," the statement said.
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