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KATMANDU, Nepal – Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.

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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the current government will be expanded before the next big festival of Tihar and integration between the two armies will begin. According to Narayan Kaji Shrestha, general secretary of CPN (Mashal), who met PM Dahal Friday morning, the delay in giving final shape to the government has delayed integration process.The government would form a special committee to work out modalities and processes of the integration. Nepali Congress and few other parties have raised objections against the induction of politically indoctrinated combatants into national army.Similarly, the two leaders also discussed on unification process of the two parties.Shrestha said a unification committee will soon be formed to expedite the process. nepalnews.com ia Oct 10 08

A senior government minister has said that efforts are being made to establish link with armed outfits of Terai for holding dialogue with them.The Minister for Peace and Reconstruction and head of the government talks team, Janardan Sharma aka Prabhakar, said, Saturday, that his team is making such efforts.Two other members of the team Minister for Education Renu Yadav and Minister for Local Development Ram Chandra Jha are making efforts to forge informal contact with the leaders of such groups, he informed.

Earlier, Minister Sharma had said that the talks with the Terai armed outfits would begin after Dashain festival. nepalnews.com sd Oct 11 08