Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:01:38 GMT | By Antony Bennison
Week in pictures: 9 August 2012

Kathmandu



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Activists of the Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist Leninist affiliated Youth Association Nepal clash with Nepalese police personnel during a torch rally to demand the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in Kathmandu.

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