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| Nepal Maoists to get monthly pay | Nepal Maoists to get monthly pay |
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| The government of Nepal has agreed to pay thousands of former Maoist rebels a monthly salary and improve their camps after they warned of major protests. | The government of Nepal has agreed to pay thousands of former Maoist rebels a monthly salary and improve their camps after they warned of major protests. |
| The Maoists have been confined to bases as part of the peace process, but say their conditions are appalling. | The Maoists have been confined to bases as part of the peace process, but say their conditions are appalling. |
| They signed a landmark peace deal with the government in November, declaring an end to their insurgency. | They signed a landmark peace deal with the government in November, declaring an end to their insurgency. |
| The former rebels have put their arms under lock and key as part of the peace agreement with the government. | The former rebels have put their arms under lock and key as part of the peace agreement with the government. |
| Wave of demonstrations | Wave of demonstrations |
| The Maoists say that things have been tough for them since November's agreement was signed. | The Maoists say that things have been tough for them since November's agreement was signed. |
| They have been based in camps so that UN monitors can make sure they do not use their guns. | They have been based in camps so that UN monitors can make sure they do not use their guns. |
| The UN says it wants to know the identity of each rebel | The UN says it wants to know the identity of each rebel |
| But their leaders complain that dirty water, freezing nights, bad food and an invasion of snakes had made life in the cantonments "hell" for the People's Liberation Army. | But their leaders complain that dirty water, freezing nights, bad food and an invasion of snakes had made life in the cantonments "hell" for the People's Liberation Army. |
| The Maoists have threatened that unless they are given proper shelter before the monsoon rains arrive next month, they will launch a wave of demonstrations. | The Maoists have threatened that unless they are given proper shelter before the monsoon rains arrive next month, they will launch a wave of demonstrations. |
| There is also the prospect of their fighters simply walking out of the camps - and perhaps out of the peace process as well. | There is also the prospect of their fighters simply walking out of the camps - and perhaps out of the peace process as well. |
| So now the government has promised to pay 3,000 rupees a month - around $50 - to each of the 31,000 rebels troops, in addition to building decent housing. | |
| This could now open the way for the UN to start the next stage of its mission here, which the Maoists have been stalling, to check the identity of each former rebel. | This could now open the way for the UN to start the next stage of its mission here, which the Maoists have been stalling, to check the identity of each former rebel. |
| Children and soldiers recruited after the ceasefire will be sent home. Some suspect that the total might be in the thousands. | Children and soldiers recruited after the ceasefire will be sent home. Some suspect that the total might be in the thousands. |