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Fourteen killed as violence surges in Nepal KATHMANDU, Monday (Reuters) Nine Maoist rebels and five security personnel were killed in separate clashes in Nepal, the deadliest since the guerrillas broke a truce and walked out of peace talks last week, officials said. An army official told Reuters six rebels fighting to replace the constitutional monarchy with a communist republic were killed in a gun battle at Kalimati Kalche some 550 km (345 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu. Two soldiers were also killed in the same gun battle, while three policemen were killed when rebels attacked a security post in western Nepal, the official said. Three Maoists were killed in another clash. Security in the Himalayan kingdom has been on high alert since last week when rebels ended an eight-month truce and walked out of peace talks after the government rejected their demand for a new constitution. More than 7,200 people have been killed since the Maoist uprising started in early 1996 and the country's impoverished economy has been shattered. |
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