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Vol. 5 Num 249 Sat. February 05, 2005  
   
International


'Pressure mounts on king to back down'
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Nepalese people walk past police barbed wire along a Kathmandu street yesterday. Nepali security forces battling Maoist rebels will be told to uphold human rights but guerrillas face tough action if they refuse King Gyanendra's call for peace talks, the kingdom's army chief General Pyar Jung Thapa warned. PHOTO: AFP