State, Rebels Agree to Free POWs, Hold Talks
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From Times Wire Reports
After seven years of civil war, Nepal’s government and rebels agreed to release all prisoners of war and announced guidelines for peace talks.
“Both the government and the Maoists [rebels] have agreed to release those being held captive and refrain from kidnapping or arresting each other’s people,” government negotiator Narayan Singh Pun said at a rare joint news conference with rebel leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara. They said peace talks would start soon but didn’t give a date.
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