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Nepal government warns king he must leave palace
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | May 27, 2008 | Gopal Sharma

Posted on 05/27/2008 12:59:49 AM PDT by HAL9000

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KATHMANDU, May 27 (Reuters) - The Nepali government warned on Tuesday that it could use force to throw unpopular King Gyanendra out of the royal palace if he refuses to leave voluntarily after the 239-year-old monarchy is abolished.

A special assembly elected in April is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Wednesday and formally declare an end to the monarchy, a key part of a 2006 peace deal with Maoist former rebels that ended a decade-long civil war.

"The king must leave the palace immediately and move to the Nirmal Niwas," Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel said, referring to Gyanendra's private home.

"If he does not leave the palace then the government might have to use force to vacate the palace," he said. "This will not be good for him."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gyanendra; king; maoists; monarchy; nepal

1 posted on 05/27/2008 12:59:49 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
It has been said that King Gyanendra is like an aging, yet still powerful Lion.

Which begs the question, "What will the Kat Man Do?"

(insert groan here) ;)
2 posted on 05/27/2008 1:01:42 AM PDT by mkjessup (Romania had the Ceausescus, America has the Clintons.)
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To: HAL9000
Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra...

Now that's an Orwellian title.

Anti-monarchy Maoists emerged as the largest party in elections to the 601-member assembly in April.

Yep, Orwellian.

3 posted on 05/27/2008 1:04:09 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: HAL9000

Ah... I remember CNN reporting on the Anti-Monarchy demonstrations 2 years ago in Nepal, commenting that the Red Hammer&Sickle flags the demonstrators carried were irrelevant and that the Revolution will be one of peace and democracy!


4 posted on 05/27/2008 1:06:25 AM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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To: HAL9000

I am just wondering what he will do then.

Get a job at McDonalds? There’s not too much of a job market for unemployed royalty.


5 posted on 05/27/2008 1:16:54 AM PDT by Ronin (Is there some PC rule on FR that says that when an evil man gets sick, we must pretend he was saint?)
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To: Ronin

I’m sure he has some Swiss accounts from which he can nicely live off the rest of his days in Exile. But let’s hope it doesn’t come that far. I’d hate to see another country turn Commie.


6 posted on 05/27/2008 1:21:25 AM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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To: Ronin

The best career choice would be to organise a counter-revolution in about ten years time (about how long it will take the Maoists to screw the country up so much that all but the insane and the ideologically brainwashed will oppose them)


7 posted on 05/27/2008 1:38:23 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9

I am not so sure about that. It’s not like he has done a bang up job in the “kinging” department. In fact, he’s been pretty much a jerk as a monarch.

Still, you may be right. The depth of the Marxists’ ability to screw up just about anything has never been plumbed.


8 posted on 05/27/2008 1:41:34 AM PDT by Ronin (Is there some PC rule on FR that says that when an evil man gets sick, we must pretend he was saint?)
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To: Ronin

Well, in ten years time the old boy may not be up to it in any event. Maybe his sons and/or daughters will take up the cudgels? (I dont know who they might be)


9 posted on 05/27/2008 3:13:23 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: HAL9000
It's good to be the King.

10 posted on 05/27/2008 5:18:10 AM PDT by iowamark
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