AP - For 10 years, Nepal's Maoist rebels were beyond the pale — hunted, shunned and feared as they waged a brutal war against the government. Now they have been welcomed into the establishment.

AFP - Nepal's Maoist rebel leader Prachanda has said his guerrillas and government troops could join forces to form a single army ahead of elections to a constituent assembly.

AFP - Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has been released from hospital here after undergoing prostate surgery, and is expected to return to home early next week, the Nepalese embassy said.

AFP - Nepal's Maoist rebels said they are not prepared to disarm but are willing to put their army and their weapons under the supervision of the United Nations.

AFP - Nine people were killed when a small plane of the privately-owned Yeti Airlines crashed while coming in to land in Nepal's mountainous west, officials said.

AP - A small plane carrying nine people crashed into a mountain in Nepal as it was approaching an airstrip Wednesday, officials said.

AFP - Prisoners have protested for a general amnesty in at least a dozen jails across Nepal including the capital where inmates took control of the largest jail for eight days, officials said.

AFP - A committee which will draft a temporary constitution for Nepal -- paving the way for rebel Maoists to join an interim government -- has started consulting the rebels and civil society leaders, officials said.

AFP - A landmark deal between Nepal's authorities and Maoist rebels which will see parliament dissolved and power shared in a new interim government has been hailed in the troubled Himalayan kingdom.

Rebels have agreed to form an interim government in Nepal, as lawmakers agree to dissolve the Parliament. Making his first return to the capital in years, Maoist rebel leader, Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala have agreed to create an interim constitution and government within...

AFP - Nepal's prime minister met the Maoist rebel leader for a first round of direct talks to try to end a decade-long insurgency that has crippled the Himalayan nation.

AP - The leader of Nepal's communist rebels held peace talks with the prime minister Friday, the first such meeting since the insurgency began a decade ago.

AP - The prime minister will hold a rare meeting with the elusive leader of Nepal's communist rebels, an official said Thursday following a second round of peace talks between the government and the Maoists.

AFP - Nepal's Maoist rebels and the government began their second round of preliminary peace talks in the capital, witnesses said.

AFP - A total of 182 Maoist prisoners detained under a scrapped anti-terror law have walked free from jails in Nepal.

AP - Nepal freed 190 jailed communist rebels on Tuesday after withdrawing terrorism cases against them as part of efforts to forge peace with the insurgents, official said.

In a step to continue peace talk with Maoists, Nepal Government on Monday decided to release about 350 Maoists and withdrew the cases against them.

AFP - Nepal's Premier Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel leader Prachanda will soon hold historic peace talks, a senior insurgent said, as the government pledged to release hundreds of jailed Maoists.

AFP - Nepal's home minister has held informal talks with the country's top rebel leaders in a remote hamlet in the west of the Himalayan kingdom, a Maoist spokesman has said.

AFP - Nepal's newly-reinstated parliament is set to adjourn for several weeks so members can devote effort to boosting a fledgling peace process with rebel Maoists, a senior politician said.