NEPALI PRIME MINISTER GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA ARRIVED IN INDIA ON TUESDAY SEEKING AID TO SUPPORT HIS NEW GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY, DEVASTATED BY POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND A LONG-RUNNING MAOIST INSURGENCY, REUTERS REPORTED. IT IS KOIRALA'S FIRST TRIP ABROAD SINCE HE TOOK POWER IN APRIL AFTER WEEKS OF STREET PROTESTS IN THE HIMALAYAN NATION FORCED KING GYANENDRA TO RESTORE PARLIAMENT AND END DIRECT RULE. NEPALI OFFICIALS SAID KOIRALA, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DELEGATION OF MINISTERS AND BUSINESSMEN, WAS EXPECTED TO SEEK AID FOR REHABILITATION OF THE VICTIMS OF THE DECADE-LONG MAOIST CONFLICT AS WELL AS RECONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTUCTURE.
