News from across the globe on Nov 20 (in Pics)

Bangalore, Nov 20: Oneindia News brings to you interesting news from around the world in past two days.

In London, the ongoing Gurkha campaign, which has included hunger strikes, is seeking for their pensions to be substantially increased. They are seen picketing on the roads.

In Egypt, the country's revolutionary activists, relatively muted since the country's July coup, showed a new vigor on Tuesday. A scuffle between the supporters of the military-backed government and the activists resulted in the destruction of a state memorial dedicated to protesters killed in the country's nearly three years of turmoil, only hours it was inaugurated.

In Olbia, Italy, the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, prized by the jet-set for its white sand beaches and crystal-clear seas, was a flood-ravaged mud bath on Tuesday after a freak torrential rainstorm killed at least 17 people, downed bridges and swept away cars. Olbia Mayor Gianni Giovannelli said the city had been destroyed by the "apocalyptic" storm.

In Nepal, people went to the polls to choose a special assembly to draw up a long-delayed constitution, a step toward stability in a nation still reeling from a 10-year communist revolt and the overthrow of a centuries-old government.

In Egypt

Egypt's revolutionary activists scuffling with supporters of the military-backed government and wrecking a state memorial dedicated to protesters killed in the country's nearly three years of turmoil, only hours it was inaugurated.

In London

The ongoing Gurkha campaign, which has included hunger strikes, is seeking for their pensions to be substantially increased to make them proportionate for those who retired before 1997

In Nepal

Nepalese armed police force personnel prepare to vote at a polling station in Katmandu, Nepal. Nepalis went to the polls to choose a special assembly to draw up a long-delayed constitution on Monday.

In Italy

A truck and a bus are seen stranded by flood waters in a tunnel near Olbia, Italy. The Mediterranean island of Sardinia was a flood-ravaged mud bath on Tuesday after a freak torrential rainstorm killed at least 17 people, downed bridges and swept away cars.

OneIndia News

(With agency inputs)