Indigenous nationalities continue strike against three-party agreement (Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:59 GMT)
The general strike called by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities against the agreement reached among the political parties on less than 14 states approved by the State Restructuring Committee of the Constituent Assembly has crippled life across the Kathmandu Valley and many parts of the country for the second consecutive day on Monday.
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General strike freezes Nepal (Sun, 20 May 2012 13:27:32 GMT)
Kathmandu - Thousands of schools closed, roads were empty and businesses shuttered across Nepal on Sunday at the start of a three-day general strike over a state boundary dispute that could push lawmakers past a May 27 deadline to write a new constitution.
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