NO BREAKTHROUGH IN ENDING STALEMATE Kathmandu, 4 Jan. The seventh presidential deadline passed Friday without finding a replacement national government to replace the Baburam Bhattarai government to hold constituent assembly elections. President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav said he’ll still attempt to assemble a consensus government without acting hastily. The Bug Thee ad five Madeshbadi parties in a coalition with Maoists made no move Friday to end a roadblock. UML two-day standing committee meeting Friday supported the candidacy of of NC President Sushil Koirala to succeed the Bhattarai government besides deciding to pull down the incumbent administration though street politics. Nnnn PROTESTS DEMANDING ACTION AGAINST PERPETRATORS OF CRIMES AGAINST SWELL BUT ABUSES CONTINUE Kathmandu 4 Jan.: Protests continued Friday in front of the prime minister’s official Baluwatar residence and Singha Durbar as activists demanded action against perpetrators of crimes against women. Rapes, even of two minors, were reported from Bara and the capital, as protests mount. nnnn