Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) supporters dance during a protest against the government outside the government administration building at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu on November 4, 2009. Nepal's Maoists launched their protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists' fall from power in May. The former rebels, who fought a decade-long civil war with the state before winning elections last year, stepped down after the president overruled their attempt to sack the army chief. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) supporters dance during a protest against the government outside the government administration building at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu on November 4, 2009. Nepal's Maoists launched their protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists' fall from power in May. The former rebels, who fought a decade-long civil war with the state before winning elections last year, stepped down after the president overruled their attempt to sack the army chief.

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