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MOHAN BAIDHAYA, MADHAV KUMAR NEPAL TALKS

Kathmandu, 8 Aug.: CPN Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidhaya held

discussions with senior UML leader and former Prime Minister Madhav

Kumar Nepal’s residence Thursday.

They were assisted by aides.

Talks were held to discuss opposition demands for assembly elections

Opposition is opposed to 19November elections under a status quo.

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ELECTION CHIEF. US AMBASSADOR HOLD ELECTION TALKS

Kathmandu, 8 Aug.: Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Uprety and

US Ambassador Peter W. Bodde held discussions Thursday.

The ambassador pledged US held for the 19November vote.

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NEPAL SLIPS IN FIFA RANKING

Kathmandu, 8 Aug.: Nepal slipped one place in monthly soccer rankings of FIFA announced Thursday.

Nepal is 170 in world ranking.

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BAN ON CHICKEN MEAT LIFTED

Kthmandu, 8 Aug.:The Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) on Thursday submitted its report to the government, suggesting to continue the earlier 240 electoral constitutes as per first-past-the-post system, RSS reports..

After the commission could forge a common understanding on the delimitation of the constituencies, it submitted its report without making any change to the existing constituencies.

Talking to THT Online, CDC member Netra Dhital said that the CDC enacted the 240 seats citing constitutional and legal complexities to make any changes.

Dhital, however, did not divulge any information about the report, citing that the Cabinet will make public the report.

The CDC even failed to any decision apropos to the 35 first-past-the-post election constituencies which it can add or reduce. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, 35 seats were added.

The Article 154 (8) of the Interim Constitution prohibits reduction of 205 constituencies that existed in 1999, but the Article 63 (3) says Madhes will have constituencies in proportion to its percentage of population.

Earlier on June 13, the government had formed the CDC after announcing November 19 as poll date

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