Maoists win the Nepalese elections!

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Here’s the news articles:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CD429BCB-0F9F-4FE7-8960-32BFC2E95206.htm
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/87479B58-8A15-4ED4-A335-023AB8AA49DC.htm

In short the Maoist rebels have won the national elections of Nepal and the king will be dethroned after a 240 year-old monarchy. In 2006 a peace deal between the Maoists rebels and the Nepalese government was signed, ending a decade long civil war which left 13,000 people dead. Currently the Maoists are considered a terrorist organization by the US but that will probably change fairly soon. The Maoists will rewrite the nation’s constitution and declare Nepal a republic.