When rebels win at the ballot box

The Maoists didn

What happened

Former Maoist rebels appear to have won power at the ballot box in Nepal, with final election results expected to show that a group still labeled a terrorist organization by the United States has won in a landslide. The step would mark a remarkable transition for a movement that led a 10-year insurgency that claimed up to 14,000 lives. The BBC reported that the Maoists' leader, known by his nom de guerre, Prachandra or "the fierce one," said his party was "committed to the peace process and multiparty democracy and to rebuild this country." (The Christian Science Monitor)

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