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Nepal's defence ministry steps into dismissal row
Nepal's Defence Ministry has accused parties opposed to King Gyanendra's dismissal of the prime minister of undermining national sovereignty.
The ministry says it is ready to protect the country's security, but did not elaborate.
King Gyanendra fired then-prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba last October after he sought to delay elections because of a violent Maoist insurgency.
Opposition parties have denounced the move as unconstitutional and undemocratic, and say they want parliament restored or permission to form a government.
About 3,000 demonstrators from Nepal's leading political parties marched through the capital, Kathmandu, on Saturday to protest the dismissal.
And on Sunday, several people were injured when riot police baton-charged about 1,000 activists defying a government ban on torchlit demonstrations.
12/05/2003 11:34:16 | ABC Radio Australia News
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