From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Wed, 9 Jul 1997 19:13:05 +0000
Subject: AUT: (Fwd) More than 12 hurt as strike disrupts Nepalese capital


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Date:          Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:20:11 -0700
From:          NewsHound <NewsHound-AT-hound.com>

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Subject:       More than 12 hurt as strike disrupts Nepalese capital



NewsHound article from "STRIKES" hound, score "64."



More than 12 hurt as >>strike<< disrupts Nepalese capital

KATHMANDU, July 8 (Kyodo) -- More than a dozen people were injured in stray
incidents of violence in Kathmandu and the adjoining Patan and Bhaktapur
cities during a one-day >>strike<< Tuesday.

The >>strike<<, called by the student-wing of the opposition Nepali
Congress Party to protest recent price hikes for petroleum products,
brought normal life to a halt in the cities, witnesses said.

Police and security personnel were deployed in the three cities in large
numbers, while picketers were out in force despite the rain.

Activists marching in procession fought with police at several places, and
the opposition claimed that 600 arrests were made.

Schools were closed and shop shutters down in the markets, while transport
vehicles, including pedicabs, were off the streets.

Nepal Oil Corp. had hiked prices of petroleum products by an average 17%
late last month, citing losses by the state-owned organization.



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