World IN BRIEF : NEPAL : 9 Ministers Fired; Protests Continue
From Times staff and Wire reports
King Birendra, responding to burgeoning demands for democracy in Nepal, fired nine of his 11 Cabinet ministers. But hours after the announcement, thousands of pro-democracy protesters armed with knives, sticks and sickles took to the streets of Katmandu, capital of the Himalayan kingdom. Meanwhile, 95% of doctors and health professionals refused to go to work.
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