What happened to the bodies of those the Maoists killed? Maoist demonstrators displayed the bodies of 25 slain activists in open trucks Friday to protest their killings in Nepal's restive south.

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So, I guess it's not a good time to take the cross-border bus through the Terai. Yesterday, I heard the Maoists paraded the bodies in Tundikhel (downtown Kathmandu), "martyrs" of the "Gaur massacre."

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This story is nearly a month old, but it's a good description of what's going on in Nepal.

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It is not yet clear what kind of federalism this multi-ethnic country will have, but the Madheshi Forum leaders say these changes are not enough. They want what they call "full autonomy" for southern Nepal and the resignation of the home affairs minister.

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NEPALGUNJ , 1 March (IRIN) - At least two civilians were killed on Tuesday in street clashes between supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPNM) and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) in the western part of the Terai region of Nepal.

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As the real tigers quickly become extinct, it seems the subcontinent keeps spawning new forms of deadly "tigers" (first Tamil, now Madheshi). An armed group, which describes itself as members of the "Madhesi Tigers", abducted 11 people from Nepal's eastern Saptari district.

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Violence, leaving over 25 dead, has cast a shadow over a country at a time when the United Nations has been rolling out its new peace mission to consolidate the end of the Maoist insurgency.

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I'm trying to recall my political science classes...what exactly is federalism?

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