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Indian train derail kills 65; sabotage feared

Maoist rebels are suspected of sabotaging a high-speed train in eastern India on Friday, killing at least 65 people after it smashed into the path of a goods train, officials said. Local television showed the mangled wreckage of capsized c

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Maoists kill 73 policemen in central India

At least 73 policemen were killed by Maoist insurgents after an ambush in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, the second such attack this week, police said. A large group of Naxals ambushed the Central Reserve Police

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Indian Maoists threaten to kill top leaders

India's Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday threatened to kill the country's prime minister and ruling party leader in what analysts said was the most aggressive threat yet from an increasingly lethal and widespread insurgency. The warnin

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Nepal president asks army chief to stay

Nepal's president has asked sacked army chief General Rookmangud Katawal to stay in his post, a spokesman said on Monday, defying the Maoist government and thrusting the Himalayan republic deeper into political crisis. The Maoists fired Ka

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Nepal Maoists sack army chief - government

Nepal's ruling Maoists fired the army chief on Sunday, accusing him of disobeying instructions not to hire new recruits, a move that could jeopardise a landmark peace process that ended a bloody civil war three years ago. 'The cabi

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India Maoists briefly hijack train ahead of poll

Maoist rebels briefly hijacked a train with around 500 passengers in eastern India on Wednesday in a show of strength on the eve of the second stage of India's general election, police and officials said. About 200 Maoists boarded a passen

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Nepal's Maoists heading to victory

Nepal's Maoists were marching to victory in the Himalayan nation's first election in nine years, latest tallies showed on Sunday, a result almost nobody had expected. The Maoists, who ended an insurgency two years ago and entered electoral

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