CNN says there were 115,000 demonstrators: Police, wearing full body armor and carrying shields, estimated there were as many as 115,000 demonstrators surrounding the capital, shouting slogans and chafing at the government restrictions. Police were ordered to shoot anyone trying to enter the capital. source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/nepal/index.html So what more independent media do royalists want now?