Maoists strike across Nepal

KATHMANDU, NOV. 24. Ending a four-month ceasefire, Maoist guerrillas struck in a big way carrying out a series of attacks across Nepal killing 37 army personnel and policemen, looting banks and houses of ministers and blasting government buildings, the Government said today.

The army and police were put on a nationwide alert as King Gyanendra held an emergency meeting with the Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and the security situation was reviewed at a Cabinet meeting today, it said.

- PTI

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