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...natural rebel. He has a good job as a technician in a Kathmandu medical laboratory and is the son of a bureaucrat and mid-level leader for Nepal's pro-monarchy Rashtriya Prajatantra Party. And yet Bhandari, 26, found himself in a mob of thousands last week demanding "King Gyanendra, leave the country, or we will kill you," part of a tide of violent protests ripping across the mountain kingdom. Bhandari isn't sure why he is risking his life, beyond an unformed belief in "freedom" and a burning sense that Gyanendra, Nepal's absolute monarch, is keeping his country...
...target of the rage is King Gyanendra, who took on dictatorial power 15 months ago in a coup backed by the army. He vowed to crush the rebels and weed out corruption. Instead, he locked up thousands of politicians, human-rights activists and students, while doing little to stop the Maoists. Opposition parties, in a loose alliance with the rebels, called for national protests this month, and Nepalese of all persuasions responded. "We don't want a constitutional King or a ceremonial King," says Suwas Bhetal, 24, as he moved toward the palace on Sunday. "We want him to leave...
They may get their wish. Gyanendra's indifferent attitude toward the threats to his rule--H.M. KING GYANENDRA DOES NOT SEEK CHEAP POPULARITY, proclaims a billboard near the U.S. embassy--has fueled public anger even more. The King finally tried to mollify the masses last Friday, when he pledged to return power to the people and asked the political parties to nominate a Prime Minister. But the parties dismissed the King's offer and intensified their demand that he go. Even the King's associates believe his days are numbered. "He felt he had to take over, or we would...
...seven-party alliance will meet Saturday to formulate a response to the King's announcement. But in an ominous sign that the turmoil is likely to continue, protests continued in parts of the country even after Gyanendra's speech; curfew in the capital, Kathmandu, was extended to midnight to forestall any violence...
...Nepal's powerful neighbor, India, quickly welcomed the King's announcement, although many of the protestors dismissed Gyanendra's announcement as too little, too late. While welcoming the monarch's decision to hand over power to the political parties, Minendra Rijal, a spokesman for the Nepali Congress (Democratic), was angered by the King's failure to express any remorse over the killing and injuring of protestors over the past two weeks. The King has been accused by his detractors of being remote and cut off from everyday reality in Nepal - an impression reinforced for many by his failure to appear...