Troops deployed to protect Nepalese capital amid turmoil

Troops were deployed to protect key areas of Nepal’s capital Katmandu today – a day after police clashed in the streets with protesting communists who are demanding that the president back the firing of the country’s army chief.

The Himalayan country descended into crisis on Sunday when President Ram Baran Yadav overruled Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s order to remove the general.