KATMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 7 -- Barely a year after seizing absolute power, King Gyanendra is a monarch under siege -- shunned by former allies, struggling to contain a raging Maoist insurgency and confronting a new alliance between the rebels and mainstream political parties that dismiss as farce his... -
Power of Nepal's King May Not Be So Absolute
KATMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 7 -- Barely a year after seizing absolute power, King Gyanendra is a monarch under siege -- shunned by former allies, struggling to contain a raging Maoist insurgency and confronting a new alliance between the rebels and mainstream political parties that dismiss as farce his...-
By John Lancaster