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Riot police block pro-democracy protestors in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 5, 2006. Police detained at least 50 activists including Local lawyer of Arghakhanchi & Kathmandu Mr.Basu Dev Acharya in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday for defying a government ban on protests, officials said. A group of lawyers, journalists, teachers and doctors rallied in support of a planned four-day general strike by opposition political parties beginning Thursday to protest King Gyanendra’s direct rule over the Himalayan nation.(MORE PHOTOS-> । (more…)