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Nepal, Maoists talks today

Ameet Dhakal

KATHMANDU: The Government and the Maoists will begin a preliminary round of dialogue on Friday. The Government on Thursday added two more members to its talks team.

Minister for Tourism Pradeep Gyawali and Minister for Labour and Transport Management Ramesh Lekhak are included in the team to be headed by Home Minister Krrishna Prasad Sitaula. Politburo member Krishna Bahadur Mahara will lead the three-member Maoist team.

Asked if talks would commence on Friday, a senior Cabinet minister told The Hindu : "We will finish some remaining business in the morning and begin talks in the evening. That's 95 per cent sure."

The Cabinet also decided to release all the Maoist rebels.

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