You're right.. first time Nepalese news made top news at Google news. And phone lines still not working to Nepal. But in Nepal, it seems necessary steps were taken to prepare the janata psychologically to digest this step. A friend who recently came back from Nepal wrote that it was quite evident the king was going to take over and he was waiting for green signal from India. I am afraid that now the political leaders will be eliminated selectively. Some leaders will never make to the public scene, and there is a excuse for king G to say that Oh yeah, perhaps these leaders are underground.