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Communist leader sworn in as Nepal's new premier

The one-year-old republic of Nepal got its second prime minister Monday with veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal being sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav, in a brief ceremony in Rastrapati Bhavan, the presidential office, at 11.10 a.m. local time.12:30 PM on May 25