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BORDER TROUBLES * India/Nepal - Hundreds of trucks stranded at border
Hundreds of trucks have been stranded at Panitanki checkpost in West Bengal after Nepal border was closed following a transport strike called by an ethnic group
Panitanki,West Bengal,India -TopNews (Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India), by Mohit Joshi-February 5, 2008: -- ... The strike has been called by Limbuwan State Council, an ongoing movement by the people of Limbuwan to attain autonomy for their region of eastern Nepal... The strike, which has been going on for past four days, is intended to pressurize the police to set free the group's activists who were taken into custody... Hundreds of trucks loaded with green vegetables, medicines, coal and other essential supplies are waiting at Panitanki for the border to open... (Video from YouTube, by nobychan -June 17, 2006: "Here is the vicinity of the border of Nepal and India" )
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