| KATHMANDU: Nepal will ask the United Nations to monitor Maoist rebels and the army ahead of elections for an assembly to map out the country's political future, the home minister said on Saturday. "Without the United Nations involved, the Nepali people will have no confidence in the arms monitoring process," Krishna Prasad Sitaula told Reuters. Sitaula's comments came a day after Maoist leaders including rebel chief Prachanda said, in an apparent turnaround, that there was no need for arms monitors from outside. |