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...Trincomalee; at least 10 people died. On April 27, at least five soldiers were killed in two landmine blasts. The same day, the decapitated bodies of five young men thought to be Tamils-two with their hands tied behind their backs-were found in a ditch near a rubber plantation outside Colombo. The death toll from the past three weeks of bloodletting: around...
...Kathmandu, and people are lighting small wax candles. The morning after King Gyanendra went on television late Monday night to announce that he was capitulating to popular protests by restoring Nepal's parliament - an announcement that put an end to a nineteen-day cycle of protests, curfews, tear gas, rubber bullets and several deaths - the people of this ancient town of temples and palaces, which was once the capital of a medieval kingdom of Nepal, are offering thanks to the gods...
...neighborhood of Gangabu, another hotbed of protests, the police have just fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protestors, and many have scattered. Ram Bahadur, a stone cutter, is watching the protestors flee from behind the safety of the wire-mesh screen in his backyard. He is surrounded by large pieces of marble, which he cuts for people building their houses - white marble, good for making stairs, and imitation green mable for the kitchens. Since the movement began, though, no one has bought any marble. "I want all this to end, I'll tell you that," he mumbles...
...southwest neighborhood of Kalanki, according to the body count at the city's Model Hospital, where staff said two were killed by pistol shots to the head. On Saturday the protesters got to within blocks of the palace before being repelled by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets. At least 14 people have died nationwide. Protesters claim the toll is higher, accusing police of quietly carting away more bodies, and TIME saw police beat a demonstrator unconscious and drag him away before medical teams could arrive. Bhandhari says the parties and the Maoists are trying to claim credit...
...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...