UPDATE BIG THREE MEET PROGRESS

PROGRESS CLAIMED IN BIG THREE TALKS UPDATE
Kathmandu, 8 Feb.: Three parties agree to amend government decision to legalize seizure
of assets during the 10-year insurgency at a meeting of the Big Three
in Gokarna.
The government agreed to present a common acceptable parties at a
cabinet meeting Thursday overturning the decision, opposition leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and Ram Chandra Paudel said after the
Gokarna meet
A breakthrough in en impasse is expected if the acceptable proposals approved by cabinet, Paudel said
The parties also agreed to convene a meeting of a special committee
headed by the premier on the integration and resettlement of Maoist
fighters to discuss controversies. that have surfaced in retirement of former fighters, among other issues.
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HEAVY SNOW AND RAIN RECORDED NATION-WIDE
Kathmandu, 8 Feb. : Heavy snowfall accompanied by rainfall were recorded in the
country’s Himalayan and hill regions from 10 at night Tuesday and continued the whole day Wednesday.
Rainfall was recorded nation-wide , including the Valley, Wednesday
forcing people indoors.
The skies are expected to clear Thursday afternoon with warmer
weather.
Flights were disrupted by the bad weather spell outside the Valley.
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