Maoists call strike in Nepal to protest alleged custody deaths
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Maoist rebels called a dawn-to-dusk strike aimed at blocking all road traffic in the far southeast of Nepal to protest the alleged deaths of two rebel commanders in army custody, Maoist sources said.
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Political parties in Nepal will hold protests against King Gyanendra's direct rule, says an aide to the sacked PM.
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Maoist rebels, who have cut off Nepal's capital for four days, pledged to expand their campaign to the Tibetan border as fresh violence left a police officer dead.
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Three people are killed and at least 25 are injured in Nepal after police open fire on protesters.
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A curfew was imposed on Kathmandu last night, with orders to shoot people on sight, after thousands of demonstrators ransacked a mosque and fought pitched battles with police to protest at the killing of 12 Nepalese hostages by insurgents in Iraq.
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Bangladesh&#39;s opposition has called for another general strike on Saturday to protest a deadly grenade attack during an opposition rally last week.
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Clashes between Maoist militants and government forces in western Nepal have killed at least 24 people, as a rebel-blockade shut down major highways in the capital city.
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Opposition parties in the Nepalese capital call a general strike over a petrol price rises.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal  - Nepal's army vowed Friday to  strike decisively to force Maoist rebels fighting to topple the  monarchy to begin peace talks just days after the king sacked  the government, arrested political leaders and seized power.
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A general strike is held in Indian-controlled Kashmir in protest at the planned execution of a Kashmiri man.
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At least 24 Maoists and three security personnel were killed in clashes in various parts of Nepal on Sunday. Security forces gunned down at least 16 Maoists at Pandaun area of Kailali district, 650 km west of Kathmandu, army sources said.
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KATMANDU, Nepal Nepal&#39;s deputy prime minister appealed on Thursday to Maoist rebels who are blockading the capital for talks to end the two-day-old stand-off as food prices began to rise.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal  - Nepali troops backed by  helicopters have attacked Maoist camps in the jungles in the  west of the country, as part of a new offensive against the  rebels launched after the king seized power a week ago.
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Nine Maoist rebels -- five of them women -- and a policeman have been killed in a series of clashes and an accidental explosion in western Nepal, an army source said.
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Nepal&#39;s political leaders held emergency talks Monday with former rebel Maoists to try to persuade the ultra-leftists not to storm out of the government and launch nationwide protests.
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KATHMANDU: Human rights activists in insurgency-racked Nepal face ever-growing threats ranging from abduction to death from security forces and Maoist rebels, three major international human rights groups said on Sunday.
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Life was paralysed in eastern and central Nepal Friday due to an indefinite blockade of highways by Maoists to protest the killing and detention of their cadres by government forces, leading to sharp increase in commodity prices and stockpiling of