INVITE CONFIRMED

UPDATE CPN MAOIST CONFIRMS RECEIVING INVITATION FOR TALKS
Kathmandu, 17 July: CPN Maoists rejected an invitation of the
HLPM for talks on opposition demand for a round table conference
Wednesday.
UCPN Maoist Chairman Prachanda invited CPN Maoist Chairman
Mohan Baidhaya for talks Thursday.
Baidhaya read out the contents of the invite to leaders and workers.
Immediate reaction was negative.
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BANGLADESH OPPOSITION LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Kathmandu, 17 July: A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal convicted and sentenced a top Islamic party leader to death on Wednesday as his supporters clashed with security forces in different parts of the country, Reuters reports from Dhakaa..

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, 65, secretary general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was convicted on charges of genocide, conspiracy in killing intellectuals, torture and abduction during the country's 1971 war to break away from
Pakistan, lawyers said.

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