Nepalese army arrests students, clashes with rebels

[dArKeR]

Nepal's royal government has arrested dozens of student leaders and political activists in a pre-emptive move to thwart protests against the king's seizure of power, student leaders said yesterday.

Police on Thursday broke up meetings at college campuses and hostels, detaining student activists as they held organizing meetings for the protests on yesterday -- the 15th anniversary of mass pro-democracy demonstrations that ended autocratic rule by Nepal's kings, said student leader Gagan Thapa.

Police refused to say how many people were arrested, but acknowledged they have orders to break the protests.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/04/09/2003249754

[lenidog]

1. dArKeR I hope you don't mind me asking you this

I was just curious if you are a DUer from Asia or are living at Asia at the moment? I was just wondering because mosts of your posts are Asian oriented. Which I actually do appreciate because one doesn't get much Asian news through the MSM/