PRACHANDA LIGHTS FUNERAL PYRE

CHAIRMAN PRACHANDA LIGHTS FUNERAL PYRE UPDATE

Kathmandu, 9 Oct.: Chairman Prachanda ,the eldest of two sons, lit the funeral pyre of Motiram Dahal at Debghat in Chitwan at 11 in the moring Sunday.
Dahal also had five daughters.
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, Vice-chairman Narayan Kazi Shrestha General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa and other Maoist leaders attended the funeral procession.
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LIGHTNING KILLS BOY, INJURES FIVE OTHERS IN KHOTANG

Kathmandu, 9 Oct. Nine-year-old son of Ganesh Bhattarai died
Sunday when his house at a village in Khotang was struck
Sunday by lightning.
Five others were injured
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