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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Hindus Protest Secularization Of Nepal
Nepal's Parliament last week passed a resolution providing that Nepal would no longer formally be known as a Hindu nation, despite a provision in the country's 1990 Constitution providing that it is a Hindu kingdom. (See prior posting.) The Associated Press today reports on protest strikes over the change staged by Hindus, closing down the city of Birgunj, 100 miles south of Katmandu. Last month, protests forced King Gyanendra to give up the powers he seized last year and reinstate Parliament.