Nepal votes in historic election

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Source: Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Nepalis 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


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/nepal

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. Congratulations Nepal!

Well done. :applause:

[David__77]

2. Best wishes for a democratic republic!

A new era is dawning in Nepal, finally!

[ellisonz]

3. Let's go democracy!

[New Dawn]

4. The various left-wing parties...

Are winning an overwhelming majority of the votes in this election. :)