Pro-democracy activists shout anti-monarchy slogans in Kathmandu, April 21, 2006. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
Opposition party supporters wave party flags in front of an armored vehicle as they protest in defiance of a curfew in Kalanki, on the western edge of Katmandu, Nepal, Friday April 21, 2006, where four people were killed on Thursday. King Gyanendra vowed Friday to bring multiparty democracy back to his Himalayan nation, 14 months after he seized control and set off a bloody political crisis that engulfed the country and left the government deeply unstable. (AP Photo / Gautam Singh)
Pro-democracy protesters shout anti-king slogans, within a mile from the royal Narayanhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 22, 2006. King Gyanendra's promise Friday to restore democracy in Nepal has met only with an opposition pledge of more demonstrations as 150,000 protesters filled the streets and with a top envoy warning the government could be nearing collapse. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Nepalese opposition supporters dance after King Gyanendra asked the seven main political parties to name a consensus Prime Minister during his address to the nation in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 21, 2006. Nepal's king vowed Friday to bring multiparty democracy back to his Himalayan nation, 14 months after he seized control and set off a bloody political crisis that engulfed the country and left his government deeply unstable. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
An opposition party supporter throws a policeman's helmet to the ground as riot policemen watch at a demonstration in Kalanki, on the western edge of Katmandu, Nepal, Friday April 21, 2006, where four protestors were killed on Thursday. King Gyanendra vowed Friday to bring multiparty democracy back to the Himalayan nation, 14-months after he seized control and set off a bloody political crisis that engulfed the country and left the government deeply unstable. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
A Nepalese protester lies in the path of an armoured vehicle. Nepal's King Gyanendra caved in after two weeks of bitter pro-democracy protests and asked the opposition to name a new prime minister.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)
Nepal's King Gyanendra speaks on television in Nepal in this April 21, 2006 video grab. King Gyanendra announced he is handling over power to the people.
Opposition party supporters throw a motorcycle into a fire at a demonstration in Kalanki, on the western edge of Katmandu, Nepal, Friday April 21, 2006, where four people were killed on Thursday. A massive crowd of protestors rallied on the outskirts of Katmandu Friday, defying a government-imposed curfew a day after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in a deadly display of force. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
