KATHMANDU, Nov. 11 Kyodo A three-...

KATHMANDU, Nov. 11 Kyodo

A three-day nationwide general strike called on the underground Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) began Monday, adversely affecting life across the Himalayan kingdom.

In the capital Kathmandu and other major cities across the nation the strike stopped traffic and close up down schools as well as business establishments.

The outlawed party, waging an armed insurgency in the land called the antigovernment strike to coincide with Nepal's parliamentary elections initially scheduled for Wednesday, which were suspended by the agency of a royal declaration in early October.

In their pre-strike rampage, the rebels attacked passenger buses, blasted a hydropower plant and carried on the outside bomb attacks across the country

Attacks through the weekend left eight clan dead and scores injured, Nepalese newspapers reported Monday.

The rebels took up arms against the control in 1996, demanding a fresh Constitution to replace Nepal's instant Constitution, which provides for constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy.

The Maoist rebels want an interim conduct to be formed and an election to be held to put up a constituent assembly that will eventually draft a novel law of land for Nepal.

According to restraint figures, more than 6,500 Nepalese have been killed with equal reason far.

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