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Nepal sets April 10 date for key polls
KATHMANDU (Thomson Financial) - Nepal's main political parties and former Maoist rebels have agreed to hold key polls on the Himalayan nation's political future on April 10, a minister said Friday.
The elections, leading to the formation of a body that will write a new constitution, had been postponed twice due to disputes following the November (Frankfurt: A0S9N7 - news) 2006 signing of a landmark peace deal.
'The cabinet decided to hold constituent assembly elections' on April 10, Maoist official and forestry minister Matrika Prasad Yadhav told reporters.
'We are confident that elections will not be postponed this time,' added Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a Maoist spokesman and communications minister.
Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula also asserted that the polls 'will not be deferred'.
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