PM ARRIVES IN RIO Kathmandu, 20 June:: Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday, to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) also known as Rio+20, scheduled for June 20-22, RSS reports. Prime Minister Dr. Bhattarai, who is leading a 21-member delegation to the Conference, was received at the Rio de Janeiro International Airport upon his arrival at 3:00 pm local time. Nepalese Ambassador to Brazil, Pradhumna Bikram Shah, protocol Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Jonaspaloschi and United Nations officials, among others, welcomed the Prime Minister at the airport. Prime Minister Dr. Bhattarai is scheduled to address the plenary meeting of the Conference at Riocentro Convention Centre, Plenary Hall today. The Prime Minister is also set to hold meeting with UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon and Norwegian Prime Minister on the sideline of the Conference today [Wednesday] nnnn. MAOIST ESTABLISHMENT TO PURSUE UNITYTALKS WITH SPLINTER GROUP Kathmandu, 20 June :UCPN (Maoist) Wednesday formed a three member dialogue team to talk with its splinter group CPN (Maoist) launched Monday. The mother party will still attempt unity. The standing committee of UCPN-Maoist Wednesday formed the talks team of which Amik Serchan and Barsha Man Pun and Dina Nath Sharma are members.. The committee also deferred a politburo meeting scheduled from 290 June to1 July to 16 July and will last until 20 July. nnnn