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...Kingdom in Chaos Thank you for your comprehensive coverage of my home nation, Nepal?its failing statehood, the Maoist violence and King Gyanendra's political ambitions [April 25]. The so-called People's War of the Maoists to liberate the Nepalis from centuries of backwardness, combined with Gyanendra's seizing power, has succeeded in sentencing Nepalese democracy to a premature death. The mainstream political parties that represented the people in democratic elections have been effectively eliminated. Sadly, the people of Nepal are being held at gunpoint by both the Maoist rebels and the King's army. The political-party leaders...
...Ordinary people in Nepal want peace and an end to the civil war. We have faith that our King will work to bring us peace. We have heard a lot of international criticism of King Gyanendra's seizure of power in February and complaints from politicians who were overthrown, but the current situation demands that we support our King. The media have been listening to the gripes of the politicians who in the past 14 years have given us only a corrupt society. The Nepalis are happy with the King. Name Withheld by Request Sanischare, Nepal...
...Americans, intoxicated with the idea of democracy, can't recognize when it has ceased to function effectively in other countries. Multiparty democracy certainly hasn't worked very well in Nepal since its inception 14 years ago. The King took control of the government three months ago, and since then there have been some positive results. I know firsthand that the government bureaucracy functions more efficiently. Additionally, corruption is being rooted out. Sometimes a benevolent dictator is required to govern the less developed. If King Gyanendra turns out to be benevolent, he will be remembered in history as the father...
...LIFTED. STATE OF EMERGENCY, by Nepal's King Gyanendra, three months after he dissolved the government and suspended civil liberties in a move widely condemned by human-rights groups and foreign governments; in Kathmandu. Despite the end of emergency rule, the King will maintain the controversial Royal Commission for Corruption Control, which last week arrested former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba amid alleged irregularities in multi-million dollar drinking-water contracts awarded during his tenure. Mr. Deuba has denied the charges, calling the Commission "unconstitutional" and "illegal...
...hardly his first major summit, but former President Jimmy Carter found trekking through the Himalayas in northern Nepal to be a challenge nonetheless. The goal of his two-week expedition was the pinnacle of 18,192-ft.-high Mount Kala Pattar, one of the scenic peaks in the valley surrounded by the loftier Lhotse and Everest. Accompanied by Rosalynn, Carter quickly outpaced four of his Secret Service men, who had to return to camp because of altitude sickness. When the group reached a rarefied 15,000 ft., his wife was flown out by helicopter while he proceeded...