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Article: VOA NEWS: MAOISTS PERFORMING BETTER THAN EXPECTED AS NEPAL COUNTS VOTES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 11, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Steve Herman
Vote counting is under way in Nepal following the nation's historic constituent assembly election. Officials say preliminary reports indicate a high turnout and a low level of vote manipulation. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman in Kathmandu has the latest on the process that is expected to formally end more than 200 years of monarchy.
Ballot boxes are being flown by helicopter and hand-carried by porters to counting centers across this remote Himalayan country.
While there were a few incidents of violence, including some casualties, overall it appears that the first election here in nine years occurred with less trouble than ...