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Nepal`s rebels end blockade of capital

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Kathmandu, Dec 29, Kyodo/IRNA -- Warring Maoist rebels on Wednesday 
lifted their week-long ban on vehicles traveling a major highway 
leading to Kathmandu, effectively ending their blockade of the 
capital, local media reports said. 
The rebels last Thursday imposed the ban on portions of the 
Prithvi Highway -- the major entry and exit point of the capital -- 
disrupting food and other supplies to Kathmandu. 
A similar ban was imposed on roads and highways in other parts 
of the country to protest alleged government harassment and killing 
of rebel leaders and activists by government security forces. 
The Maoist rebels have been waging a bloody war since 1996 to 
overthrow Nepal`s constitutional monarchy and set up a one-party 
communist republic. 
More than 10,000 people have been killed in the eight years of 
fighting. 
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