Isolated Freak - I will remain a skeptic till I see freedom of speech restored. Your assertion that the country is not ready for democracy doesn't hold much water because previous attempts to make a country fit for democracy by imposing a dictatorship have produced such shining examples of democracy as the Thid Reich, Mao's China, Saddam's Iraq only to name a few. If we can agree to disagree, can you give us any updates on the ground situation? What is running through the grapevine in Kathmandu - as you can probably tell many people are really starved for information from Nepal beyond what Google throws up.(Nepal News, Kantipur and Nepali times were all down when I last checked) -------------------------------------------------------- "Honey, I hit you because I love you"