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« on: December 23, 2007, 07:55:15 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7158670.stm
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2007, 08:02:56 PM »
Giving in to the demands of terrorists is never a good idea.
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2007, 08:21:20 PM »
Excellent!
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2007, 09:10:52 PM »
That's a pity. I'm quite a fan of monarchy's, as long as they don't actually have any power or what not.
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2007, 09:52:23 PM »
This was sort of a lose-lose situation. The king was definitely overstepping the line, but I'm not sure the elected government will fight the Maoist rebels, either.
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2007, 09:59:53 PM »
The move was made to get the Maoists into government IIRC
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« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2007, 01:11:22 AM »
The monarchy will be back.
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« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2007, 01:18:37 AM »
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It's too bad they couldn't keep the monarchy around as a tourist attraction like Great Britain.
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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2007, 02:42:46 AM »
Quote from: Attorney General Hashemite on December 23, 2007, 09:59:53 PM
The move was made to get the Maoists into government IIRC

Unfortunate... anyone supporting Mao should be lined up in the street and shot... and no I'm not joking.  50 million+ dead.
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« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2007, 06:22:49 AM »
In Nepal the monarchy are the terrorists. Well, one group of them anyway.
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2007, 06:34:25 AM »
Inevitable and relatively welcome, with the proviso that the democratic forces maintain control without the rebels.
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« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2007, 12:06:58 PM »
Quote from: Reluctant Republican on December 23, 2007, 09:10:52 PM
That's a pity. I'm quite a fan of monarchy's, as long as they don't actually have any power or what not.
Doesn't apply to Nepal, then.
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« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2007, 02:39:44 PM »

Good riddance to Gyanendra the Godawful!
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« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2007, 07:55:34 PM »
No heir to the throne / prince / scion of a minor branch that would have been more acceptable?  Gyanendra had to go, understandably, but I'm surprised that they had to dump the entire monarchy.
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« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2007, 08:44:05 PM »
Gyanendra's son would be even worse. We're talking the Nepalese Uday Hussein.
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