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Polls Close in Nepal’s Historic Vote

10/04/08April 10, 2008

The polls have closed in Nepal, where voters were casting their ballots to choose an assembly to draft a new constitution. This is part of a peace process agreed in 2006 between mainstream parties and Maoist insurgents, and it could lead to the abolition of Nepal's monarchy.

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A woman casts her vote in the former Maoist stronghold of Rolpa, Nepal
A woman casts her vote in the former Maoist stronghold of Rolpa, NepalImage: AP