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A strike called by a regional group in Nepal cripples life in the southern part of the country for the second day.
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Nepali political activists staged a protest for a second straight day on Friday, demanding King Gyanendra restore democracy and civil rights in the troubled Himalayan kingdom.
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A blockade by Maoist rebels of the Nepalese capital, being enforced through psychological fear rather than physical force, entered a second day yesterday, leading to price rises and a heavy deployment of troops.
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France faced a second day of paralysing public transport strikes Friday as one smaller rail union decided to prolong its stoppage over planned pension reforms.
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a second day, fuelling fears of a slide into all-out war in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower. A UN spokesman said on Friday 18 people, including two rebels, had been killed in the bombings.
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Kathmandu: Nepal will briefly lift a curfew imposed on the capital on Thursday, after widespread rioting in response to the slaying of 12 Nepalese in Iraq, announcing the death toll from the unrest had risen to two.
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Prices are soaring in Nepal as a blockade of the capital, Kathmandu, by Maoist rebels enters its second day. The government says the prices are being pushed up as a result of city residents stockpiling food and fuel.
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Suspected Maoist guerrillas have set off two bombs in and around Nepal&#39;s capital, wounding two people as the commercial centre remained cut off for a third day by a rebel-imposed blockade.
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RANGOON, Burma - Stepping up their challenge to the military government, Buddhist monks staged a second straight day of protests yesterday, briefly occupying a landmark pagoda in Burma's largest city during one of several marches around the country.
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Bangladeshi businesses, schools, and shops were closed Saturday as the second general strike within a week took place, the BBC reported.
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Bangladesh maybe celebrating Victory Day today to mark the liberation of their country from the occupation by Pakistani forces, but their actual battle begins on Friday in Chittagong in the second Test against India.
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Nigeria's main trade union says it will hold a second general strike which could target oil production.
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Protests erupted in Pakistan for a second day on Friday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and the violence was worst in her home province in the south.
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Two people were wounded after a second bomb exploded in Nepal&#39;s capital on Friday, the third day of a blockade of the commercial center called by Maoist rebels.
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The fear of attack kept most vehicles off roads leading to Nepal's capital for a second day on Thursday as authorities sought talks to end a siege called by Maoist insurgents.
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Nepal was preparing a response to the latest terms for fresh talks from Maoist rebels, a minister said on Wednesday, as nearly half of the kingdom shut down for a second day in a rebel-sponsored strike.
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More than 100 people were injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Saturday during a second strike in less than a week called by the country's main opposition party to protest at a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.