June 25, 2004
Strike in Nepal Closes Universities
A nationwide education strike called by student allies of Maoist rebels in Nepal continued last week, closing all levels of instruction, from elementary schools to universities. Rebels blew up a classroom and a school bus at an empty school outside Kathmandu, the capital, to enforce the shutdown.
This is the latest of several similar strikes called by the All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary over the past four years. The group supports the Communist Party of
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