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KATHMANDU - More than 200 Nepalese protesting against King Gyanendraâs rule were arrested on Tuesday as political parties staged demonstrations across most of the country, a party statement said. There have been daily protests attended by thousands in the capital this month in defiance of a ban on criticism of the kingâs seizure of power in February. But the parties said this was the first time this month they had demonstrated outside Kathmandu. âThe seven agitating parties held simultaneous protests in districts outside Kathmandu for the first time on Tuesday,â Nepali Congress spokesman Shobhakar Parajuli said in the statement.Parajuli said the seven-party alliance held protests in 72 of the 75 districts in the impoverished Himalayan kingdom. âPolice arrested over 200 demonstrators and their leaders in most of the districts.â