Nepal Maoists call 3-day strike as talks with government failKATHMANDU - As their week-long ultimatum to the coalition government of Nepal expired without an agreement with the ruling parties, the former Maoist guerrillas Saturday announced fresh turmoil and a three-day general strike that, their chief warned, could lead to an indefinite strike next month. Nepal peace pact in tatters on third anniversaryKATHMANDU - Nepal’s historic peace pact, which ended a decade of violent communist insurgency, turned three years Friday under the threat of unravelling. |