KATHMANDU: Nepal was bracing for a showdown as opposition parties demanding the restoration of democracy pledged to storm King Gyanendra's palace yesterday in defiance of a ban on demonstrations.
The royalist government banned protests indefinitely in Kathmandu on Thursday, warning that rallies would be infiltrated by Maoist rebels who were seen as a more formidable threat than the opposition parties.
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