JOURNALISTS CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST PM,.ATTORNEY GENERAL IN INTRVENTION OF COLLEAGUE FOR MURDER CASE Kathmandu, 14 Jan.: Journalists wore black bands around their arms and worked Monday to protest interference by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and the attorney general to stop recoding of statements of five Maoists in Dailekh eight years ago. Protests will continue Tuesday. Journalists from the three districts of the Valley staged a sit-in at the residence of the prime minister. Journalist Chief Shiba Gaule who returned to the capital from Dailekh after inspection with a team said district journalists were working under fear following intervention. nnnn CPN MAOIST MEET TO CONTINUE TUESDAY Kathmandu, 14 Jan. No closed door session was held of CPN Maoist to elect leadership of CPN Maoist on the last day of its general convention Monday. Meetings of office bearers and politburo were held t resolve the issue when Chairman Mohan Baidhya said he would be patron and proposed Ram, Bahadur Thapa’s name as to replace him Nearly 300 persons put up their candidacies for 100 pots. The meeting is being held Tuesday. nnnn NEPAL ARMY DEFEATS SHANKATA UPDATE Kathmandu, 14 Jan.: Nepal Army defeated Shankata 1-0 in the martyrs memorial A division football league championship Monday. nnnn