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Protest against removal of statue

January 08, 2012 | 12:00 AM

NEPAL

Activists of RPP Nepal Party, a pro-monarchy party, stage a demonstration blocking the traffic movement in Kathmandu yesterday. The activists were demonstrating against the government decision to remove the statue of late king Tribhuvan Shah from the martyr’s gate in Kathmandu. Nepal turned into a republic in 2008 after abolishing 240-year-old Shah dynasty

January 08, 2012 | 12:00 AM