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The Maoists in Nepal's crucial interim government resigned from their representative posts on Tuesday. This after a long process towards democratic elections in November this year.

Read more about the facts on Al Jazeera, in the International Heral Tribune as well as on BBC News online. Find out about the possible consequences for Nepal's peace process and the reaction of the Nepali government on Reuters, AFP and in the International Herald Tribune. More about Nepal on our del.icio.us news site.

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Less than one year before the Olympic Games are held in China, the ruling Communist Party faces a growing movement for political change. Taiwan has applied for a seat in the UN. However, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced it is impossible to accept a membership application from Taipei.

Since 1971 the Republic of China is recognized as the only legitimate representative for Chinese territory by the UN’s General Assembly. After losing the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China in 1949, Beijing claims Taiwan as a province of China.

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