Nepal police arrest Maoist activist for stoning US envoy's vehicle

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, May 26, 2007 South Asia, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      [Presenter] Police have arrested a cadre of the Maoist-affiliated YCL [Young Communist League] on the charge of pelting stones at a vehicle carrying US Ambassador James F Moriarty yesterday [25 May] in Damak in Jhapa [east Nepal. Police arrested Bishnu Budhathoki of Damak Municipality-12 from Damak bazaar yesterday evening. The five other YCL cadres who pelted stones at the vehicle ferrying Moriarty have already been identified and a search for them is on, our local colleague said, quoting the Damak police...