Nepal parties vow more protests

Nepal8217;s Opposition vowed on Saturday to continue daily street protests to press King Gyanendra to set up a government of national unity after the resignation of Royalist PM Surya Bahadur Thapa.

King Gyanendra said he was ready for talks with the Opposition and promised to appoint a replacement with a 8216;8216;clean image8217;8217;, according to the Royal Palace. But that did not satisfy the Opposition, which has been up in arms since Gyanendra fired an elected government in 2002, replaced it with a Royalist administration and postponed elections.

8216;8216;The PM should be chosen, not by the King, but by the Parliament and political parties,8217;8217; said Ram Sharan Mahat, a member of the Nepali Congress party. 8212; Reuters