Nepal deaths
Communist-led riots spread from Kathmandu to nearby Lalitpur, where police shot dead three protesters and wounded six, AP reports from Kathmandu.
The Communists launched a strike in three cities last Friday to demand a new investigation into the deaths of two of their leaders, Madan Bhandari and Jeev Raj Ashrit, killed when their Jeep plunged into a river last month.
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