Nepal’s Parliament reconvened today for the first time in four years, after weeks of often-bloody protests forced the king to give up absolute power and return the country to democratic rule.

NEPALESE King Gyanendra’s vow to return multiparty democracy to his Himalayan nation after weeks of bloody protests was immediately rejected by the opposition yesterday.

Nepal’s King Gyanendra today vowed to bring multiparty democracy back to his Himalayan nation, 14 months after he seized control and set off a bloody political crisis that has engulfed the country.