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Strike call after Nepal clashes
Nepal's main political parties have called for a national strike to protest against the arrest of hundreds of pro-democracy protestors in Kathmandu.
The call comes after riot police fired teargas rounds and launched baton charges at protesters in Kathmandu on Saturday, leaving at least 50 people injured.
An alliance of seven political parties who oppose the regime of King Gyanendra said it planned to hold the strike on Thursday.
Protesters threw bricks and stones at police a day after authorities scuttled a planned rally by imposing curfew in the capital.
Around 300 protestors were arrested and taken away in trucks as police tried to keep protesters out of the main Basantapur square where the rally had been due to take place.
However, groups of demonstrators, sometimes up to 200 strong, played cat and mouse with police through the narrow streets of Kathmandu's old quarter and around its ancient temples.
Deserted streets
Soldiers had patrolled the deserted streets of Kathmandu on Friday to enforce a daytime curfew and thwart a planned mass protest.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D640F71D-A059-480E-9E14-85C81FC11966.htm
An alliance of seven political parties who oppose the regime of King Gyanendra said it planned to hold the strike on Thursday.
Protesters threw bricks and stones at police a day after authorities scuttled a planned rally by imposing curfew in the capital.
Around 300 protestors were arrested and taken away in trucks as police tried to keep protesters out of the main Basantapur square where the rally had been due to take place.
However, groups of demonstrators, sometimes up to 200 strong, played cat and mouse with police through the narrow streets of Kathmandu's old quarter and around its ancient temples.
Deserted streets
Soldiers had patrolled the deserted streets of Kathmandu on Friday to enforce a daytime curfew and thwart a planned mass protest.
More
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D640F71D-A059-480E-9E14-85C81FC11966.htm
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