21.   The ruling tri-partite coalition government has recalled five Nepalese ambassadors, a foreign ministry official said Sunday.

22.   The two countries already had a million troops massed on their border since the December attack, following which the Indian government had recalled its high commissioner to Pakistan.

23.   Kafando had been training in Morocco when he was recalled by his government last weekend.

24.   Masayoshi Takemura, head of the New Party Sakigake in the coalition, also said the government should recall the ambassador.