Communist rebels have abducted about 90 high school students from their classrooms in a remote mountain village in Nepal, the army has said. The students were abducted Wednesday from the Nepal Rastriya High School in Paudiamrai village, about 190 miles west of the capital, Katmandu, the Associated Press today quoted the army as saying. The village is in a remote part of the Gumli district, a mountainous area where the rebel presence is strong. There are no army or police bases near the village. Local government officials said they were aware of the report, which came from army headquarters in Kathmandu. "We have had many reports of students being taken by the Maoists this month," said Durga Pokhrel, the district's chief administrative officer.
