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Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has made three changes for his side’s FA Cup third-round tie at Gillingham today.

Nepal could rewrite its constitution within 18 months to meet a key demand of communist rebels who joined the political opposition in a campaign that forced King Gyanendra to relinquish power, the new deputy prime minister said.

Police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu today, firing tear gas and beating activists with batons just hours after authorities lifted a ban on demonstrations in the Himalayan kingdom’s capital.

NEPAL’S royal government vowed yesterday to hold municipal elections next month despite a boycott by major parties, street protests, a candidate’s assassination and rebel violence that killed 26 over the weekend.

New rebel violence killed at least 26 people in Nepal today, while political parties continued to defy a government crackdown on protests against King Gyanendra’s direct rule over the Himalayan kingdom.

The families of British victims of 9/11 would be “devastated” by the revelations in today’s report, according to the mother of one victim.

The father of a Briton killed in the September 11 attacks spoke today of how the horrors of the tragedy appeared inescapable two years on.