Nepali Maoist chief to visit India
Reuters, Kathmandu
The secretive chief of Nepal's Maoist insurgents will this month make his first high profile foreign visit since coming out of hiding in June when he travels to India to speak at a leadership conference, rebels said on Thursday. Maoist chief Prachanda, whose assumed name means Awesome or Terrible, had been invited to speak at the conference, organised by an Indian newspaper, alongside prominent leaders, businessmen and entertainers from India and abroad, they said. The conference is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Nov. 17 and 18. Among those scheduled to speak there are Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British cabinet minister Jack Straw, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Indian film maker Karan Johar.
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