DJ Nepal Govt Cuts Cell Phone Service Ahead Of Protest Rally

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP)--Nepal's royal government severed cellular mobile services in the Nepalese capital Saturday in an apparent attempt to foil an anti-government rally in Katmandu.

The cellular phones stopped working Saturday morning hours before the alliance of seven major political parties opposing King Gyanendra were to hold a protest rally in the heart of Katmandu, on the third day of a crippling general strike.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires"

Posted to the site on 9th April 2006