Bomb blasts kills three in southeast Nepal

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Three people were killed by a powerful bomb that ripped through a market in a small town in southeast Nepal Tuesday, police said. "We have information that three people were killed in Chandranigahapur but I have no details," police official Ramesh Thapa said from Gaur, about 75 km (45 miles) southeast of Kathmandu. The region has been the focus of protests over the last year from ethnic groups demanding more autonomy from Nepal's highland cultures. Local television channels said the victims were a woman and two children. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast. The area is in Nepal's southern plains called the... [read full story]