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Nepal’s civil war ends as Maoists, government ink peace deal

by RSS Feed | November 21, 2006

KATHMANDU (AFP) - The impoverished Himalayan nation of Nepal has entered a new era as Maoist insurgents and the central government signed a peace deal ending a decade of civil war that has claimed at least 12,500 lives.

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