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RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 17, 2004: A Nepalese child stands next to a wall where a notice is put up with dung announcing the release of kidnapped prisoners in Rukum District April 17, 2004. Maoists regularly kidnap people for cultural programs where they are educated about the movement. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia". In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)

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RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 17, 2004: A Nepalese child stands next to a wall where a notice is put up with dung announcing the release of kidnapped prisoners in Rukum District April 17, 2004. Maoists regularly kidnap people for cultural programs where they are educated about the movement. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia". In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)