Description:Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai promised on Wednesday (January 30) to hold delayed elections in May, raising hopes for an end to a political stalemate that has crippled the Himalayan republic still emerging from a decade-long civil war. A former rebel leader, Bhattarai announced the polls to a rally of 10,000 cheering, flag-waving supporters in the heart of the Nepali capital.(0:52)