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spotlogo2.jpg (6318 bytes) VOL. 23, NO. 11, SEP 05 -  SEP 11  2003 ( Bhadra 19, 2060 )

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“Our agitation will be peaceful, disciplined and sans any acts of vandalism.”

Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), in Kantipur.

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“The attack on Devendra Raj Kandel proves that attack on me was no mistake. The Maoists have returned to the path of violence and killings.”

Sher Bahadur Deuba, former prime minister on the Maoist attacks against former state home minister Kandel, talking to media.

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“Although reinstatement does not sound constitutionally proper. But nothing is impossible in politics.”

Lokendra Bahadur Chand, former prime minister if the current government can reinstate the House of Representatives to break the political impasse, in Deshantar.

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“In hindsight, I think the Maoists never wanted the peace talks to succeed. Otherwise, why would they have stuck to one point agenda of constituent assembly?”

Kamal Thapa, spokesperson of the government and minister for Information and Communication, talking to media.

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“Since talks is the only way out, branding them terrorists would not pay off.”

Narhari Acharya, senior leader of Nepali Congress, in The Kathmandu Post.

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“Why did the Maoists who had come for negotiations six months ago saying our national identity was in danger, have unilaterally reverted to the path of violence? They must give answers to the Nepalese people.”

Rajeshwore Devkota, senior politician and chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nationalist), in Spacetime daily.

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“Maoists must stop staging drama in the name of peace talks.”

Dr. Beena Basnet, spouse of slain colonel Kiran Bahadur Basnet, in Spacetime daily.

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“Good governance is of top priority for the ADB in Nepal.”

Sultan Hafiz Rehman, newly appointed resident representative of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Nepal Resident Mission, in Gorkhapatra.

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