Curfew violators to be shot on sight in Nepal

Soldiers and police patrolled Nepal’s capital Kathmandu today to enforce a shoot-on-sight curfew aimed to keep anti-monarchy protesters off the streets, but opposition leaders said they would still hold a planned rally.

District administration officers said the 2am-8pm curfew was necessary to prevent opposition parties from holding the huge rally, planned for today, to demand that King Gyanendra loosen his grip on power.