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| Subject: Nepal votes to abolish monarchy Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:24 am | |
| (Now if they would just extend the idea...)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing centuries-old monarchy from this Himalayan nation and turning it into a republic.
Lawmakers voted to endorse an agreement by the main political parties on abolishing the monarchy reached earlier this week.
The decision to remove the king and get rid of the world's last Hindu monarchy, however, would be implemented only after elections to a special assembly expected to be held by mid-April next year.
The parliament vote has made changes in the interim constitution, Speaker Subash Nemwang said. Link |
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