Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist Chairman Prachanda sign a peace agreement in Kathmandu 21 November 2006 Nepal's Maoist...
{"Image ImageDescription": "kathmandu, NEPAL:  Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (L) and Maoist Chairman Prachanda sign a peace agreement, in Kathmandu 21 November 2006.  Nepal's Maoist insurgents and interim government signed a landmark peace accord to end a decade of violence that has claimed at least 12,500 lives in the impoverished Himalayan nation. Hundreds of politicians, diplomats and journalists applauded as rebel leader Prachanda -- whose name means \"the fierce one\" -- and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala signed off on a deal that formally brings the insurgents into the political mainstream.              AFP PHOTO/DEVENDRA M. SINGH  (Photo credit should read DEVENDRA M SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2006 AFP"}