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Article: Protests rock Nepal peace process; An identity crisis between the Nepalese majority and the Madheshi people has fueled the protests, which have killed 19.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 6, 2007
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Byline: Bikash Sangraula Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
KATHMANDU, NEPAL -- After the induction of Maoist lawmakers into a 330-member interim parliament on Jan. 15, many Nepalis thought they were near the end of a decade-long insurgency that had claimed 14,000 lives. But violent demonstrations in Nepal's lowlands have threatened to derail the country's fragile peace process that only one month ago looked full of promise.
The Madheshis, a group of indigenous ethnic groups who live in Nepal's lowlands, have spent the past three weeks agitating for greater autonomy and more representation in the new parliament.
The protests ...