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Nepal’s ex-king Gyanendra: national unity under attack

​Nepal's national unity is under attack and its people must act to save it, former King Gyanendra said on Wednesday, in some of his most critical political comments since being toppled by a parliamentary vote eight years ago.

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Have abandoned palace but not people: Nepal's last king

Amid a raging political crisis in Nepal over its new Constitution, the country's last monarch Gyanendra Shah on Sunday said that he may have abandoned the palace but not the nation or his responsibility towards the people.