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Some 200,000 people attended a rally in Kathmandu staged by Maoist rebels who have been waging a 10-year insurrection in the country.
The protest by Maoist supporters was described by correspondents as a disciplined, well-organised and huge show of strength.
But the main event of the day was unquestionably the Kathmandu Maoist protest, where huge but good-humoured crowds jostled for space.
Correspondents say the rebels used the occasion to showcase the diversity and vitality of their support, and even staged martial arts displays.
Leila Khaled (Arabic: ليلى خالد laylà ẖālid; born April 9, 1944)
is a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),
part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. She is currently a
member of the Palestinian National Council.
Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking and one
of four simultaneous hijackings the following year as part of the Black
September timeline.
A soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation/People, South Africa):
Wounded Knee siege of 1973
Workin in the Mill:
the overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister." Newberry, S.C.
A trio of recruits run the rugged obstacle course at Camp Lejeune while training to become fighting Leathernecks in the U.S. Marine Corps. Their excellence resulted in an expanded Navy recruitment program. April 1943.
On Easter morning, William E. Thomas and Joseph Jackson will roll specially prepared 'eggs' on Hitler's lawn. March 10, 1945.
On call to general quarters, five steward's mates stand at their battle stations, manning a 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard a Coast Guard frigate in the southwest Pacific.
the overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister." Newberry, S.C.
A trio of recruits run the rugged obstacle course at Camp Lejeune while training to become fighting Leathernecks in the U.S. Marine Corps. Their excellence resulted in an expanded Navy recruitment program. April 1943.
On Easter morning, William E. Thomas and Joseph Jackson will roll specially prepared 'eggs' on Hitler's lawn. March 10, 1945.
On call to general quarters, five steward's mates stand at their battle stations, manning a 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard a Coast Guard frigate in the southwest Pacific.
In an underground surgery room behind the front lines on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, an American Army doctor operates on a U.S. soldier wounded by a Japanese sniper. December 13, 1943.
Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their landing ship to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. December 26, 1943.
Mopping up on Bougainville. A tank goes forward as infantrymen follow in its cover. Each night the Japanese would infiltrate American lines. At dawn, U.S. troops went out looking for them. March 1944.
Across Iwo Jima's black sands, Marines of the 4th Division shell cleverly concealed Japanese inland positions on the tiny volcanic island. February 1945.
