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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline.sPubDate = "4/20/2006 2:36:24 PM GMT";
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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline.appDeck = "Key events in Nepal since King Gyanendra took power Feb. 1, 2005";
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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 1","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "King Gyanendra sacks the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, declares a state of emergency and takes power.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "India, Britain announce they have stopped military aid to Nepal but India resumes non-lethal military supplies. ";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The king ends the state of emergency but retains the extraordinary powers he seized.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The largest political party, Nepali Congress, drops a 60-year-old written pledge to uphold constitutional monarchy. ";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "Maoist rebels announce a unilateral, three-month ceasefire but the royalist government rejects the truce, saying <br>the rebels could not be trusted.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The seven main political parties and Maoists pledge to cooperate to end the absolute powers of the king. ";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "Rebels extend truce by one month; government rules out matching gesture.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "Rebels end ceasefire, raising fears of renewed violence in the landlocked Himalayan nation.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "Street protests erupt across Nepal on the first anniversary of King Gyanendra's power seizure.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "Low turnout and protests mark local elections called by the king to convince people he is moving towards democracy. ";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "King Gyanendra makes his first formal approach to the political parties, urging them to join talks to put democracy back on track. The opposition rejects the offer.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The Maoists begin a road blockade that chokes supplies, raises prices of essential goods and causes fuel shortages. The blockade is withdrawn after six days.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The royalist government indefinitely bans protests in Kathmandu, two days before a general strike. A night curfew is imposed and dozens of activists and politicians are detained.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The strike, which was originally called for four days, is extended indefinitely as violent protests spread and three people are shot dead by troops.";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "The king holds talks with the U.S., Chinese and Indian ambassadors and indicates he could meet some of the protesters' demands but diplomats say they know of no specifics. ";

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Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "At least two protesters are killed when security forces open fire, taking the death toll from two weeks of demonstrations to at least eight.";

Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 20","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Nepal_Gyanendra_timeline[i-1].body = "Nepalese police open fire on thousands of pro-democracy protesters marching toward the capital in defiance of a government-imposed curfew, killing at least three and wounding dozens.";

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