Prachanda To Head New Defense Council
January 19 2009
The Nepali government has created a National Defense Council headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known under the Maoist nom de guerre Prachanda, reports Nepal News.
The council will also include Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Home Minister Bamdev Gautam, Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav and Peace and Reconstruction Minister Janardan Sharma.
Another member of the council has yet to be nominated by the Unified Marxist Leninist party.
Under Nepal's interim...
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