UPDATE CPN MAOIST CALL VALLEY BANDH FROM ONE IN THE AFTERNOON Kathmandu, 14 March: CPN Maoist called a Valley bandh from one in the afternoon Thursday after failure to stop the installation of Regmi as chief of an election government. “We failed to prevent the installation after a two-hour gherao of Shital Niwas,” CPn Maoist Secretary Deb Gurung said. The bandh will cover the while nation, he aadded. MORE XI JINPING WILL BE CHINA’S PRESIDENT Kathmandu, 14 March: China´s new leader Xi Jinping is capping his rise by adding the largely ceremonial title of president in an expected vote Thursday by the rubberstamp national legislature, AP reports from Beijing.. His elevation to the presidency will give him the last of the three titles held by his predecessor, Hu Jintao. The move was expected after Xi was named head of the Communist Party and chairman of its military, positions of true power, last November in a once-a-decade handover to a new group of leaders that has been years in the making. The National People´s Congress gathered Thursday in Beijing´s Great Hall of the People for the vote for president, vice president and additional key positions. nnnn