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...People protesting feel they have a right to something,” Thapa said. “They are pushing for a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. They want change and peace. They are tired of the violence.” On Monday, King Gyanendra, under heavy pressure, offered to reinstate the Parliament he dissolved a year ago. The opposition leaders accepted the deal.The crisis is far from over, however, and the students’ concern about the living conditions in their country remains.“The entire country has shut down for almost three weeks. People...
...bronze bells are ringing in the temples of Bhaktapur, about ten miles outside Kathmandu, and people are lighting small wax candles. The morning after King Gyanendra went on television late Monday night to announce that he was capitulating to popular protests by restoring Nepal's parliament - an announcement that put an end to a nineteen-day cycle of protests, curfews, tear gas, rubber bullets and several deaths - the people of this ancient town of temples and palaces, which was once the capital of a medieval kingdom of Nepal, are offering thanks to the gods...
...mocked the police. In one place, the crowd scuffled with the police, and had to be dispersed with tear gas. Although most of the political parties are in favor of retaining a ceremonial monarchy, many on the street are now clear that they want the king to abdicate. "Gyanendra, leave the country," was the most vociferous shout from the crowds. And once Koirala and his fellow politicians have decided upon a role for the King in the new Nepal, they will have to find a way to fix the country's economy, which is in a shambles after twenty days...
...finally capitulated to relentless pressure from street protests and agreed to meet a key demand of his nation's pro-democracy movement - thus offering hope for a resolution to the nineteen-day-old political crisis that has ravaged Nepal. Appearing on national TV half an hour before midnight, King Gyanendra offered to reinstate Nepal's parliament, which was dissolved in 2002 - thus meeting an important demand of the pro-democracy movement not met by his first offer to the political parties heading the movement, which was rejected. The King's offer was met with loud cheers and firecrackers from...
...Kathmandu by default." At the very least, says the friend of the royals, "Autocracy would switch to anarchy." It's a scenario that Nepal's neighbor, India, which has an open border with the kingdom, particularly fears. Earlier last week, New Delhi dispatched two envoys to Kathmandu to persuade Gyanendra to compromise-and welcomed his Friday statement. Gyanendra's offer, said Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna, "should now pave the way for restoration of political stability...