Opposition mounts in countdown to controversial Nepalese polls

Posters urging voters in Nepal to turn out for next month’s local elections are being plastered all over Kathmandu but huge protest rallies, a boycott and rebel Maoist threats augur ill for peaceful polls.

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Scores injured, one feared dead as China police quell protesters

Scores of protesters were injured and at least one person was feared dead as hundreds of police in southern China used electric batons to quell a land protest, locals said Sunday.

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