Your morning news...
-Delegates at a special assembly in Nepal voted 560 to 4 in favor of abolishing the monarchy. The government has told King Gyanendra to vacate his palace in the capital Kathmandu within two weeks, or be forced out.
-Following 10 days of talks, diplomats from over 100 countries have reached an agreement on a treaty that would ban many current designs of cluster bombs. The United States opposed the treaty.
-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, his Republican opponent John McCain, and Sen. Hillary Clinton have signed a rare joint statement, appealing for an end to the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, calling the violence there "unacceptable," and promising "unstinting resolve" if elected president.
