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Vol. 5 Num 1130 Sat. August 04, 2007  
   
International


Nepal Maoist leader rejects minister's resignation


The leader of Nepal's former rebel Maoists rejected yesterday the resignation of one of his ministers who complained of a lack of cooperation from his government partners.

One of five Maoists given ministerial roles in April, forestry minister Matrika Yadav submitted his resignation letter Thursday.

But Maoist supremo Prachanda, whose nom de guerre means "the fierce one", said the resignation did not have his party's approval.

"Yadhav took back his resignation after our leader Prachanda told him that it went against our party's policy," Barsha Man Pun, a Maoist Central Committee member, told AFP.