Nepal has clamped a curfew on the capital after four protesters were shot dead and many more wounded today in the worst violence to date of a campaign to end the king's absolute rule.
In a bid to thwart a mass rally planned for tomorrow, the authorities declared a curfew on Kathmandu and issued orders to shoot violators on sight.
The rally in defiance of a ban on public meetings would mark the start of the third week of a general strike that has crippled Nepal.
