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Ethnic divisions prompt Nepal strike - 5 Mar 09

Hundreds of Nepalese have been stranded along major highways because of roadblocks set up by a general strike from the Tharus minority, an ethnic tribe. The Tharus say the government has wrongly classified them with the Madhesis majority, demanding a separate identity. Al Jazeera's Subina Shrestha has more from the southern region of Tarai.

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