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Article: Nepal's Maoists storm parliament, slide into opposition role.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- May 18, 2009
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Byline: Bikash Sangraula Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Kathmandu, Nepal -- Maoist lawmakers - many of them former rebels - stormed Nepal's parliament on Monday to block a vote for a new prime minister.
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has been delaying the formation of a new coalition government for nearly two weeks since the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Prachanda on May 4, and this move could prolong the political crisis even further.
Prachanda, a former rebel leader whose name means "the fierce one," quit following a dispute with the Army over integrating his former fighters into the military as part ...