Fresh pro-democracy protests broke out in Nepal on Friday despite King Gyanendra’s pledge to hold elections in the Himalayan kingdom, as activists said he offered nothing new or substantive. Groups of protesters took to the streets of the capital Kathmandu hours after the king’s midnight message, chanting “Gyanendra, thief, quit the country” and “Down with autocracy, end police repression.” Riot police arrested about 20 demonstrators, but there was no violence. Full Story