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...long standoff between Nepal's king and the street protestors demanding an end to his control over the government took a sharp turn for the worse today, after Nepal's political parties rejected the King's offer for peace - and the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protestors...
...protestors were in a more confrontational mood today. So were the authorities. Nepali police reacted brutally to such demonstrations, firing tear gas and rubber bullets in many places. While the numbers of casualties are hard to know at this stage, it is clear that many were wounded. Cell phones were jammed throughout the city to cut off communications. A long spell of rain in the afternoon helped the authorities by stopping the protests for a while, although large plumes of smoke continued to curl up into the Kathmandu skyline as protestors kept their fires burning. Then the rain ended...
...desires; a negotiation of over 100 countries requires concessions in the name of progress. Though this new council may not conform to the American vision of a perfectly composed body, it undoubtedly represents an improvement from the former commission, whose members were nominated by regional groups and often rubber-stamped by the U.N. Economic and Social Council. Moreover, it is presumptuous for the U.S. to attempt to take the moral high ground in a matter for which it has been rapidly losing credibility. The atrocities of Abu-Grahib and Guantanamo Bay preclude the U.S. from touting its own human rights...
...film Town Without Pity; apparently of natural causes, while on tour in Britain; in Cardiff, Wales. One of the first acts to be produced by Phil Spector, Pitney got his start behind the scenes, penning hits for artists like Ricky Nelson (Hello Mary Lou), Bobby Vee (Rubber Ball) and the Crystals (He's a Rebel...
...Some of the protests that began as peaceful vigils for the victims have become platforms for the recently dormant opposition movement. On Wednesday night, troops responded with tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters blocked a major highway in eastern Caracas and set trash bins and tires afire in an affluent neighborhood. "This doesn't solve the [security] problem, but it mobilizes people," said Jostan Carvajal, a doctor who held rocks in his hand while other protesters threw objects toward the National Guard. "I think this will be a little spark that will restart the opposition movement...