Protests: Nepal names ex-chief justice next PM

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Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki has been appointed to lead the transition as the country’s next prime minister after deadly protests ousted the government, the president’s office said Friday.

Karki, 73, Nepal’s first woman chief justice, will be sworn into office later on Friday.

The Himalayan nation of 30 million people was plunged into chaos this week after security forces tried to crush rallies by young anti-corruption protesters.

At least 51 people were killed in the worst violence since the end of a civil war and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008. Punch