Rights activists search for possible rebel grave near Nepalese capital

Human rights activists scoured a jungle near Nepal's capital Friday to investigate reports that bodies of 49 communist rebels believed to have been executed during a decade-long insurgency were buried there.

"We have been searching the area which is reported to be a mass graveyard, and experts are investigating objects that have been found there," said National Human Rights Commission member Gauri Pradhan, who is leading the team.

The rebels were believed to have been killed by the Nepalese army in 2003, but their bodies have never been …