Saturday, April 22, 2006

Nepal king relents, restores democracy / World Peace Herald, 21 Apr 2006

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060421-112837-4429r
"King Gyanendra, Nepal's embattled monarch, agreed Friday to restore a democratic government to his country, bowing to growing pressure from the people. The move was seen as a last-ditch effort to end two weeks of strikes and bloody civil unrest in which at least one dozen people have died and hundreds injured, the Times of London said. "