Shooting survivor: Unlike brother who preceded him, King wants absolute rule Nepal's King Gyanendra seized power yesterday by dismissing and arresting government leaders, declaring a state of emergency and suspending civil liberties including freedom of assembly and press freedoms. From the moment he succeeded to the bloodstained throne of Nepal, King Gyanendra served notice on his people that he would be tougher than his brother, King Birendra, the man who had traded absolute rule in favour of a workaday constitutional monarchy. The new king thought his brother was mistaken in handing over power to the government. He also wanted to...