A crucial meeting of the ruling CPN[UML]-led alliance and the Nepal Maoists has failed to break the political deadlock which has disrupted the functioning of Parliament and stalled the peace process. The CPN[UML, the Nepali Congress and the Unified CPN[Maoists] at their meeting in Kathmandu on Oct. 14 failed to arrive at a consensus with regard to a draft to be introduced in the 601-member Constituent Assembly which functions as Parliament to end the deadlock over the role of the President in ...