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...Indeed, on Saturday more than 100,000 people defied a curfew and marched on to the palace, the biggest crowd ever. The protesters quickly dispersed when it rained, but there was no denying their rage. "We are angrier now [with the King] because of the way he spoke yesterday," said Suwas Bhetwal, a 24-year-old sociology student. "We don't think he wants to give up power at all. We don't want a constitutional King or a ceremonial king. We want him out of Nepal. We want a republic." Some protesters carried a stuffed white shroud, marked with...
...Please do not advise us to "be worried." We can't halt global warming if we act like parents waiting up for a teenager out past curfew. We have to be proactive. We must make radical changes in the way we live, not just wring our hands while watching the catastrophe unfold. Valerie Fons Dowagiac, Michigan...
...minutes past noon, and Kathmandu is, once again, under strict curfew orders. That means Madan Chaulagain, who is out on the streets, is already breaking a proclamation of his King, and he's now just about to make things worse. Chaulagain, 27, and a few of his friends have set a row of tires on fire in the middle of the road -just at the spot where a truck full of blue-uniformed Nepali police has driven up. Chaulagain uses a stick, and pushes one of the burning tires right up to where the cops are and lets it roll...
...same time, thousands of people defied curfew orders and marched through the streets of Kathmandu in the direction of the palace. Many of them said they had been incensed by the tone of the King's speech yesterday, which they called arrogant. "We don't want a constitutional king or a ceremonial king. We want him to leave the country; we want a republic," said Suwas Bhetwal, 24. Ahead of him, protestors were carrying a stuffed white shroud sprinkled with red drops. "That's the king's body," one of them shouted. "His dead body...
...Just outside the posh Hyatt hotel, Achyut Adhikari, a student, was gathered with a few hundred others after the rains in defiance of the curfew: when word spread that the police were firing rubber bullets - and that they have been firing at crowds throughout the city - Adhikari and the others turned and ran, tearing through bushes and gardens, jumping over walls, to make it to safety. "Of course I'll be back tomorrow," Adhikari said, at the end of it all, panting for breath. "What else is there to do? We'll keep coming until the King gives...