At least eight Maoist rebels and two civilians have been killed in three separate incidents in the ongoing bloody civil war in Nepal, police said Friday. Five rebels were killed in a clash with the security forces at Mrigauliya in Dhanusa district south-east of Kathmandu while another three were killed in a similar clash at Dahagadi in Makwanpur district, south of the capital, early Friday, a police spokesman said.

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