Nepal's ex-king Gyanendra is set to leave his palace in Kathmandu following the abolition of the monarchy by the country's new consitutional assembly last month.
Gyanendra is expected to move to a former hunting lodge on the outskirts of the city, and his palace is to become a museum. Nepal's nearly 250-year-old monarchy was abolished on May 28 by the constitutional assembly, which was set up following a peace deal Ebadi calls on media to foster peace ...
Tibetan children in Nepal protest ... between Maoist insurgents and mainstream political parties. Gyanendra ascended the throne in 2001 after a palace massacre in which the then crown prince killed most of the family and then himself.
(Deutsche Welle)
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