MORE PRACHANDA HEADS POLITICAL MECHANISM OF FOUR LEADING POWERS NOW OUT OF GOVT. Kathmandu, 16 March: Fout major political groups formed a high-level political mechanism led by Maoist Chairman Prachanda Saturday. The leadership will change every moth. The body was formed to keep retain influence of parties over the Khil Raj Regmi government. Party leaders met as government discusses government expansion and appointment of senior election officials. MORE EFFIGIES OF PRESIDENT TORCHED Kathmandu, 16 March: Activists of 22 small parties Satirday clashed with police at Ratna Park. The fighting broke out in the capital as the effigies of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav and Chief of the interim election council Khil Raj Regmi were being burnt. The parties oppose the new government. nnnn