Nepal shuts down as Maoists target King
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article341272.ece
By Justin Huggler in Kathmandu
Published: 27 January 2006
Police in Nepal opened fire on pro-democracy demonstrators with live
ammunition yesterday for the first time in almost a year, wounding at
least three, in the resort town of Pokhara, in the shadow of Annapurna.
The country was shut down in a national strike called by political
parties to protest against the dictatorial King Gyanendra. The streets
of Kathmandu were deserted. Protesters attacked vehicles. Visitors
could venture out of hotels only in special buses with banners reading
"Tourists only". The bazaars of Thamel were empty and the shutters
closed on shops selling Tibetan devil masks and Tintin T-shirts.
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