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Nepal’s king calls for poll

Kathmandu, April 13
Nepal’s King Gyanendra called for general elections in the Maoist-insurgency wracked nation in an address on the state-run media today.

“It is... our desire that with the active participation of all political parties committed to peace and democracy, a meaningful exercise in multi-party democracy be initiated through an exemplary democratic exercise like the general elections,” he said in Nepali New Year broadcast. — AFP