 Clashes have broken out in Nepal as thousands of anti-royal protesters try to get past police and reach the centre of Kathmandu in defiance of a curfew. Police baton charged crowds massed on the capital's ring road and a BBC correspondent heard shots fired. More than 100,000 people defied a curfew on Saturday to demonstrate in the city centre for the first time. Opposition parties have said the protests against King Gyanendra's absolute rule will continue. Sunday's restrictions began at 0315 GMT (0900 local) and would last until 1415 GMT (2000 local), state radio and television announced. Security forces have erected barbed wire cordons to block off central Kathmandu, including the palace. The mobile phone network remained cut off. ...
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 Bush predicts 'tough summer' |
With the country facing record oil prices, President Bush yesterday said prices are going to go up in the coming months and warned of a "tough summer" ahead for drivers. Mr. Bush marked Earth Day by visiting the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento and said the two hydrogen fuel-cell-powered vehicles behind him were the future of driving. "What you are witnessing here is the beginning of a major change in the driving habits of the American people," Mr. Bush said, adding that he thinks the children of today will soon be taking their driver's license tests in fuel-cell cars. Democrats warned that an "oil crisis is coming" and said Mr. Bush hasn't backed up his promises to reduce dependence on oil, particularly from overseas. But neither side offered any concrete plans for short-term relief, with Mr. Bush only promising to make sure there is no price gouging. ...
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| Oregon candidate coins own rules |
Retired ophthalmologist Gordon Leitch ran into a snag during his campaign for governor of Oregon when the state would not accept his $20 gold pieces to pay his candidate filing fee.Leitch believes gold and silver coins are the only legitimate forms of legal tender, with paper money and checks constituting fraud on the part of government. His campaign promises include a 30-percent discount on taxes paid in those precious metals.The office of Oregon’s Secretary of State declined Leitch’s $100 filing fee on the grounds that no bank would accept the coins for deposit.In February, Leitch refiled and provided a candidacy statement to be placed in the election pamphlet that the state will distribute to voters. He paid the $1,000 fee for placement in the pamphlet with 1,000 U.S. silver dollars, which were reported to be worth nearly $9,000....
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| Nepali forces fire on protesters Opposition parties refuse king’s proposal to restore democracy |
Nepali security forces opened fire on a march by tens of thousands of demonstrators heading toward the royal palace Saturday to protest King Gyanendra’s rule. More than 200 were injured in the melee.The demonstrators defied a curfew as an alliance of seven opposition parties rejected the king’s offer to let them nominate a prime minister and form a government. Security forces responded by firing rubber and live bullets and beating protesters with bamboo batons.The Nepalese Red Cross Society said 243 people were injured and 39 of them were hospitalized. Many were hurt in stampedes as they tried to flee. The clash occurred about 3 miles from the royal palace in the heart of this Himalayan nation....
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| Grandmother's embrace saved girl in deadly crash |
An 8-year-old girl who survived the worst Mexican bus crash in recent memory left the hospital, saying she had been saved by her grandmother's embrace.Orfa Elisa Jimenez was one of only two people who survived after a packed bus plunged into a 650-foot ravine in eastern Mexico on April 18, killing 58 people traveling at the end of the country's Easter week holiday.She was hospitalized for five days in the city of Orizaba with a fractured leg and head injuries, but was released to her parents Saturday."We thank God that my daughter could survive this accident that killed so many people," said Jose Jimenez....
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| Peru declares emergency in towns near volcano Villagers flee after livestock poisoned, water polluted by ash |
The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency Saturday in southern towns that have been showered by ash from the Ubinas volcano and asked the military to help evacuate poor farming families from the area.Ubinas, which had been inactive for almost 40 years, has been spitting out ash, smoke and toxic gases for most of the month, alarming thousands of people living in nearby rural areas, killing livestock and polluting water sources.The government recommended evacuation early in the week, but it was not until Friday that dozens of people began reluctantly to leave farming towns in the area covered in a thick carpet of ash. “The head of state asked for the armed forces to help evacuate 42 families from the town of Querapi, in the Ubinas district, the town nearest the volcano,” the government said in a news release.Querapi is an impoverished, telephone-less hamlet 2.5 miles from the volcano, which is in the Moquegua department 550 miles south of Lima....
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