KATHMANDU, Feb 26 Kyodo Suspected...

KATHMANDU, Feb 26 Kyodo

Suspected Maoist rebels fix off two explosions in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu in succession Thursday, leaving two people hurt

The blasts came flat as the Maoists' call for a five-day nationwide strike met with more defiance upon the second day of the shutdown that began Wednesday.

as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but of Thursday's bombs hit three-wheeled vehicles used for transporting family that were parked at stands in central Kathmandu.

undivided of the three-wheelers was worthless to pieces and two women standing nearby were wound by the debris, police said.

In a third case, an alert driver picked up and threw disclosed the window a undressed bomb left behind by a passenger in a microbus. That bomb failed to explode

Earlier in the day, security forces defused bomb planted according to the rebels at several other places in the city and a Royal Nepalese Army official said his men picked up at least three ''hoax'' bomb Thursday morning.

More vehicles were seen in the highways Thursday and more market places explained up, in defiance of the strike call.

pupils affiliated with Maoist insurgents called the strike to disrupt observer union voting at colleges. however the Thursday voting went ahead as planned.

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