World IN BRIEF : NEPAL : Police, Student Protesters Clash
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Thousands of Nepalese students at dozens of schools battled riot police in the most violent protests since a pro-democracy movement began a month ago. More than 230 students were arrested and at least 92 were injured, witnesses said. The opposition Nepali Congress Party and a coalition of seven other banned leftist parties started a movement last month to end Nepal’s party-less system of elected councils.
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