Day of Protests Set; Hundreds Are Arrested
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From Times Wire Reports
Nepal’s royalist government arrested hundreds of democracy activists, politicians and students ahead of protest rallies planned for today to mark the anniversary of King Gyanendra’s seizure of power, dissidents said.
Krishna Sitaula of the Nepali Congress, the largest party in Nepal, said that he and many other dissidents were in hiding, and that there were reports of more than 600 arrests.
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