Annan urges return to democracy in Nepal UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday expressed deep concern over events in Nepal and urged a return to democracy, after King Gyanendra Bir Bikram dismissed the country 's coalition government and imposed an indefinite state of emergency. #### perl -pibak -e "s/<\/?REF.*?>//ig" junk.txt #### Annan urges return to democracy in Nepal UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday expressed deep concern over events in Nepal and urged a return to democracy, after King Gyanendra Bir Bikram dismissed the country 's coalition government and imposed an indefinite state of emergency.