Clashes erupt on Nepal's streets

BBC News World Edition ^ | Saturday, 21 January 2006 | BBC News World Edition

[injin]

Nepalese police have rounded up scores of opposition activists in clashes on the streets of the capital.

Security forces fired tear gas as pro-democracy protesters hurled stones and scuffled with officers, in protest at King Gyanendra's absolute power.

The government says nearly 200 people were taken away in trucks, but the opposition put the number much higher.

The clashes followed a crackdown on activists on Friday, when protests were stymied by a curfew and mass arrests.

[injin]

it continues.....

[kiriath_jearim]

"I think I'm going to Katmandu,
that's really, really where I'm going to.
If I ever get out of here,
that's what I'm gonna do.

K-K-K-K-K-Katmandu,
I think that's where I'm going to.
If I ever get out of here,
I'm going to Katmandu."

---Bob Seger

[injin]

it's a beautiful place .
Too bad Nepal has so much civil strife and
the accursed maoist insurgency .
I have thought the the Nepal Gov should get the movie "The Killing Fields" translated into several of the most common Nepalese dialects and widely distribute them as VHS tapes
countrywide.
The Maoist would probably declare it a crime to possess the tapes , but the people would then see what the after affect of maoist takeover is like.