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Nepal returns to calm
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NEPAL'S new King Gyanendra won praise on Friday from analysts who think his handling of a report on the massacre that brought him to the throne may have gained him the people's loyalty.
As night fell, the Nepali capital remained calm as residents digested the official news that a drunk Crown Prince Dipendra was responsible for slaying almost his entire family before killing himself.
Gyanendra's coronation following the June 1 massacre was greeted with violent rioting by a population unhappy with the initial explanation that it was an accident, and suspicious of a conspiracy to kill a beloved king.
But the truth, contained in an inquiry's report broadcast live to the nation on Thursday, ended nearly two weeks of rumour and uncertainty over the affair.
It pointed the finger firmly at Dipendra, saying he had carried out the massacre in a drug and drink-fuelled rage.
Gyanendra's insistence on the report being released just minutes after he had first seen it has won him praise in a society more used to the palace being the residence of gods than something answerable to the people.
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