Nepal picks Koirala as new PM, but challenges remain


  • World
  • Monday, 10 Feb 2014

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's parliament picked a social democrat as its new prime minister on Monday after a last-minute power-sharing deal ended a deadlock that had lasted since an election two months ago.

Sushil Koirala, the head of the centrist Nepali Congress party, was elected with support from the communist UML party, which holds the second largest number of seats in parliament.

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