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KATHMANDU, MARCH 11. Nepal lifted the house arrest of the former Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, on Friday and freed 18 political detenus, an official said. The decision came hours after Nepal's top political parties urged their members to come out of hiding and step up their defiance of the King's February 1 power grab by holding widespread peaceful rallies. Top leaders of many political parties were put under house arrest and more than 500 politicians and activists were detained after the constitutional monarch dismissed Mr. Deuba and seized power. House arrest Top leaders from the main political parties, the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal, were still under house arrest. Mr. Deuba heads a splinter group which broke away from the Nepali Congress. Soon after his release, he said all political leaders should be freed. ``Our party would work with others toward a peaceful movement for full restoration of democracy in Nepal,'' he told The Associated Press. ``We are open to a dialogue with the king so that a multiparty government is restored and elections are held.'' A key politician dismissed the Government action as a mere ploy in the face of mounting international pressure on King Gyanendra to allow political activity. The release also came two days before the Foreign Minister, Ramesh Nath Pandey, was to leave for Switzerland to attend a U. N. meeting on human rights. — AP
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