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Nepal rebel leader raises battle cry for independent Terai

Even as the Nepal government tried to allay the fomenting unrest in its restive southern plains by signing a new pact with ethnic groups and promising to form a federal Madhes state, the first group to start an armed struggle for 'independence' issued a fresh call for freedom, saying its war would continue till the Terai became an independent country.10:30 AM on March 01