World IN BRIEF : NEPAL : Interim Leader Outpolled by Leftist
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Communist activist has upset the interim prime minister in a Parliament race in the leader’s home district, according to early results from the Himalayan kingdom’s first multi-party elections in 32 years. Madan Bhandari outpolled Krishna Prasad Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress Party in the Katmandu constituency.
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