Police officers keep guard as hundreds of people gather outside the International Convention Center waiting for the Constituent Assembly to abolish monarchy and declare Nepal a Republic, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The new assembly was sworn in on Tuesday and was expected to abolish the country's 239-year-old monarchy at its first seating on Wednesday.
Nepalese celebrate the end of monarchy, ahead of becoming the world's newest republic, in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. An assembly charged with ending 239 years of royal rule was sworn in amid tight security, even as a string of bombings hit Katmandu over the past two days, all apparently aimed at pro-republic politicians and activists.
Nepalese celebrate outside the convention hall where Nepal's newly elected Constituent Assembly was meeting, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Lawmakers Wednesday declared Nepal the world's newest republic, bringing an end to a centuries-old Hindu monarchy. The banner welcomes Nepal becoming a republic state.
Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, left, congratulates Maoist leader Prachanda as a proposal to abolish the monarchy and declare Nepal a Republic is taken up by the newly elected Constituent Assembly in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday May 28, 2008. Nepal was declared a Republic.
A demonstrator is injured as police allegedly restrained demonstrators who became violent while denouncing King Gyanendra, near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) attend a rally in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, May, 30, 2008. Nepal's government formally told the Himalayan nation's deposed monarch to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks, and a palace official said the king was preparing to move to his palatial private home in Katmandu.
Demonstrators shout slogans for King Gyanendra to leave his palace and move to a private residence as a common citizen, near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Police disperse demonstrators as a demonstration against the king turned violent near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Demonstrators urging King Gyanendra to leave his palace and move to a private residence as a common citizen throw stones at a statue of King Birendra, the present King Gyanendra's brother, near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Police beat up a demonstrator as a demonstration against the king turned violent near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday May 29, 2008. The king was given 15 days to leave the palace by the newly elected Constituent Assembly as it abolished monarchy and turned Nepal into a republic on May 28.
Demonstrators throw stones at policemen as protests against the king turned violent near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2008. The king was given 15 days to leave the palace by the newly elected Constituent Assembly after it abolished monarchy and turned Nepal into a republic on May 28.
Nepalese Home Minister Krishna Sitaula speaks to reporters after he met with former King Gyanendra at the Narayanhiti palace in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 2, 2008. Nepal's deposed king agreed to peacefully leave the royal palace in Katmandu and live as a common citizen after the Himalayan nation last week declared itself a republic, Sitaula said.