Word: koirala
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...earlier understandings, the Maoist leadership grandstanded on a set of demands that included the outright abolition of the monarchy before its fate could be determined by popular referendum. When the other parties - including the establishment Nepali Congress, the party of the country's current Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala - refused to accede to the Maoist agenda, the Maoists pulled out of the government and plunged the peace process into a rancorous impasse...
...AGREED. Nepal's Maoist rebels, to join an interim government, following a historic meeting between guerrilla leader Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala; in Kathmandu. The deal, which stipulates that a new constitution be written within a month, could lead to the end of the country's 10-year civil war, which has killed 13,000. Widespread demonstrations in the capital forced Nepal's King Gyanendra to relinquish absolute control of the government in April, boosting hopes of a return to democracy and settlement of the conflict...
...King. The roads towards Kathmandu, just a day ago deserted due to the curfew, are now jammed with noisy pickup trucks, buses, and cars draped with red banners. Drums are beaten and horns are blown. Many of the trucks and cars are going towards the house of Girija Prasad Koirala, an 84-year old two-time prime minister of Nepal who has been picked to lead his country once again by Nepal's political parties...
...dispersed with tear gas. Although most of the political parties are in favor of retaining a ceremonial monarchy, many on the street are now clear that they want the king to abdicate. "Gyanendra, leave the country," was the most vociferous shout from the crowds. And once Koirala and his fellow politicians have decided upon a role for the King in the new Nepal, they will have to find a way to fix the country's economy, which is in a shambles after twenty days of violence...
...What about the police? The courts? Koirala tried that. She brought a suit against a director who had used a double for a nude scene in her film Ek Chhoti Si Love Story. Last month, she lost the case. So she sought help from another powerful gang in Bombay: the Hindu chauvinist Shiv Sena political party. Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray considers himself the protector of Hindu culture, even as his boys, like the bhais, win adherents by force. When Love Story was released, Shiv Sena activists attacked the theaters, ripped up billboards and threatened owners to stop screenings...