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    <text>Nepal issues an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba, for alleged money laundering. </text>
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    <text>The Nepalese election commission releases the official results of the recent election, with Balen Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party winning 182 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives. The result gives the party a majority in the House and places it two seats short of a supermajority. </text>
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    <text>Partial preliminary results in Nepal indicate that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 60 of 165 first-past-the-post seats, while also leading in 61 other consituencies. In Jhapa 5, RSP prime ministerial candidate Balen Shah defeats former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli. </text>
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      <text>Clashes erupts across Nepal between supporters of ousted Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli and supporters of Interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki. A curfew is imposed in various districts since 08:00 p.m. </text>
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    <text>Clashes erupt across Nepal between supporters of ousted prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli and supporters of interim prime minister Sushila Karki. A curfew is imposed in various districts. </text>
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      <text>The Nepali parliament is dissolved and Sushila Karki is appointed interim prime minister of Nepal, making her the first woman to head Nepal's government. </text>
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      <text>The Nepali parliament is dissolved and Sushila Karki is to be sworn in as interim prime minister at 3:30 PM GMT. </text>
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    <text>The House of Representatives is dissolved and Sushila Karki is appointed interim prime minister of Nepal, making her the first woman to head Nepal's government. </text>
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      <text>Nepalese president Ram Chandra Poudel and prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli both resign in response to the protests amid a government collapse. </text>
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    <text>Nepalese prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns in response to the protests amid a government collapse. </text>
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      <text>The mayor of the Nepali capital of Kathmandu bans the screenings of Indian films after dialogue in the recent epic film &quot;Adipurush&quot; stated that Sita from Hindu mythology was born in India instead of Nepal. </text>
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