Friday, January 21, 2005 at 07:06 JST
KAHTMANDU — The bodies of 17 soldiers and six policemen were on Thursday recovered from the site of gun battles between government troops and Maoist insurgents in eastern Nepal, state-run Radio Nepal reported.
Five other members of the security forces were injured in the three-hour firefight Wednesday in Ilam district, about 300 kilometers west of the capital.
(Kyodo News)
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