The situation still tense in Katmandu

Groups of protesters are defying a new daytime curfew in the Nepalese capital Katmandu. This comes a day after tens of thousands of anti-monarchy demonstrators clashed with security forces who fought back with tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition. BBC News reports that the protesters are assembled on the outskirts of Katmandu where army troops are using barbed wire to cordon off some inner alleys. The city center is being guarded by soldiers in armored personnel carriers. They seem to be concentrating on areas where crowds defied a curfew yesterday. At least 50 people were hurt in clashes as protesters, opposition leaders and Maoist insurgents rejected King Gyanendra's offer to return to a multiparty democracy.