Nepal Maoists set condition on heading new govt :

Nepal's Maoists said on Friday they were willing to lead a new government if other political parties guarantee not to bring it down for at least two years while the country's new constitution gets written.
Nepal remains in political limbo three months after an election to a special assembly, which the Maoists won but without a majority, as the parties have failed to agree on forming a coalition.
The former rebels withdrew their bid to head a new coalition this week after lawmakers rejected their candidate for national president, a ceremonial post.
They said they did not want to head a shaky coalition in a country that has seen 16 governments in the past 18 years.
"We are in a very sensitive stage of making a new constitution," senior Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara said.
"Therefore, we need a minimum commitment from other political parties that they will not bring down the government for at least two years."
The elected special assembly is mandated to write the new consitution in two years.
The Maoists, who ended their decade-long conflict under a 2006 peace deal, scored a surprise win in the April election on the promise of creating a new Nepal. Continued...