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Nepali king given 15 days to leave

by Barry Artiste | May 28, 2008 at 05:03 am

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Nepali king given 15 days to leave

KATHMANDU - Officials say Nepal's king will have 15 days to leave the palace after his centuries-old throne is abolished.

Wednesday's announcement came hours before Nepal was expected to be declared a republic. King Gyanendra has remained silent as it has become apparent that his days as Nepal's monarch were numbered. In recent days, the country's leading politicians have threatened to remove him from the palace by force if he refused to go peacefully.

But, in an apparent bid to defuse the potential stand off, officials say Nepal's newly elected Constituent Assembly will give the king 15 days to vacate the palace after the country is declared a republic.

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Amy Judd

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at 09:19 on May 28th, 2008

Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.

A small addition:

Nepal's parliament, meeting for the first time since former rebels won elections in April, will declare the Himalayan country a republic today, ending a 240- year-old monarchy.