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This report examines the challenges for the implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) Nepal’s government and Maoist rebels have signed. It focuses on the talks, the shape of the peace deal, the new positions and tactics of the key actors and the challenges ahead. The CPA declares an end to the 10-year civil war, paving the way for inclusion of the rebels in mainstream politics and June 2007 elections to an assembly that is to write a new constitution. The report states that one major risk is that the elections could be delayed, provoking another confrontation of the two armies.