Around the World: Nepal

PM threatens to quit

Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda has threatened to walk out of a coalition government, less than four months after his election amid a deadlock with the main opposition party over the future of ex-fighters.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who still goes by his nom de guerre that means "fierce", told a meeting in west Nepal this week that his party would take to the streets if the centrist opposition Nepali Congress party did not cooperate with him.