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In a Shakespearean tragedy, the Crown Prince of Nepal massacres his own family The body of King Birendra is carried in a funeral procession in Kathmandu. The King had ruled the tiny Himalayan kingdom as an absolute monarch until 1990, when violent pro-democracy protests forced him to step down in favor of a constitutional monarchy. |
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