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Millions Turn Out in Nepal for Historic Vote
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 11, 2008 08:14am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Apr 11, 2008 08:00am |
| Description | By Matthew Rosenberg
Associated Press
Friday, April 11, 2008; Page A15
KATHMANDU, Nepal, April 10 -- Nepalese embraced the country's return to democracy Thursday with millions voting in an election meant to secure lasting peace in a land riven by communist insurgents and an autocratic king.
Undeterred by shootings and clashes that killed two people, many voters lined up before sunrise outside polling stations across this Himalayan land. Some even broke into applause when voting began.
With the rebels out of the bush and contesting the vote and the monarch -- the world's last Hindu king -- likely to soon lose his throne, millions saw the country's first election in nine years as a moment too historic to miss.
"This is our chance to stop the bleeding," said Arpana Shrestha, a 47-year-old woman waiting to vote in Kathmandu. "Always there was blood in Nepal. Not anymore." |
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