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Protests continue after Nepal's opposition rejects king's offer
Nepal's security forces fired on thousands of protesters Saturday after opposition leaders rejected the king's proposals for restoring democracy.
Police shot rubber bullets and live ammunition and beat people with bamboo batons. Red Cross officials said dozens were badly hurt in the clash, which occurred near the royal palace in Kathmandu.
"Security forces opened fire on the crowd without warning, wounding many of us," protester Ganesh Shrestha told the Associated Press.
The protesters defied a government-imposed curfew after the country's opposition alliance rejected King Gyanendra's offer to name a prime minister for a new government.
"We will not accept...we will continue the protests," Madhav Kumar, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, one of the seven parties that is part of the alliance, told a cheering crowd in Kathmandu.
After more than two weeks of violent protests and a general strike that caused a shortage of essential supplies in the capital, Gyanendra announced Friday that he was returning executive power to the people. Hecalled on the seven main opposition political parties to quickly name a prime minister.
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"Security forces opened fire on the crowd without warning, wounding many of us," protester Ganesh Shrestha told the Associated Press.
The protesters defied a government-imposed curfew after the country's opposition alliance rejected King Gyanendra's offer to name a prime minister for a new government.
"We will not accept...we will continue the protests," Madhav Kumar, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, one of the seven parties that is part of the alliance, told a cheering crowd in Kathmandu.
After more than two weeks of violent protests and a general strike that caused a shortage of essential supplies in the capital, Gyanendra announced Friday that he was returning executive power to the people. Hecalled on the seven main opposition political parties to quickly name a prime minister.
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/22/nepal2206.html
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Demonstrators had defied a curfew to break through an outer security cordon to reach the heart of Nepal's capital.
The clashes came a day after the king tried to defuse the political crisis by offering to restore democracy.
Protesters rejected his offer as inadequate and the opposition declined his call to form an interim government.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators began heading towards central Kathmandu early on Saturday, ignoring an eight-hour, shoot-on-sight curfew.
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Thousands of protesters took to main avenues in a march towards the Royal Palace, chanting slogans against Gyanendra, despite a heavily-guarded curfew imposed in Kathmandu.
There were clashes between demonstrators and police forces, which fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells. Dozens of people were wounded, according to medical sources.
In the last 17 days of protests, 15 people have been killed, another 1,350 wounded and more than 3,000 detained in the capital and other cities of this tiny Himalayan Kingdom.
The seven-party opposition alliance (APS) rejected the King's offer to hand over the Government, which they termed as meaningless because it does not recognize the holding of general elections.
Demands also include the re-installation of a Constituent Assembly and Parliament, which was dissolved by the king in 2002.