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  Polls Open in Nepal the Day After Violence Killed 8
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News DateThursday, April 10, 2008 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: April 10, 2008

KATMANDU, Nepal — Violence marred the eve of a historic election intended to bolster peace in Nepal, as officials confirmed Wednesday the killings of at least eight people in three incidents in the tense western hill region.

In a turning point for a country bled by a decade-long Maoist insurgency, polls opened Thursday morning for Nepal’s 17.6 million voters to choose a special assembly that will rewrite the Constitution and govern the nation in the meantime.

Yesterday’s guerrillas are running for seats in the 601-member Constituent Assembly. Even some of their staunchest critics have said elections are the only way to bring them into a lawful parliamentary system.

On the outskirts of the Katmandu Valley on Thursday, in a district called Kavre, men and women lined up in neat rows at daybreak to cast their votes.

Navaraj Suwal, 42, a teacher, said Nepal had never had elections like this before. “This election will determine the kind of laws that will be around for the next hundred years,” he said.
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