Indian Opposition Supporters Trying to Enter Kashmir Faced Arrest
25 January 2011
Indian Opposition Supporters Vow to March to Kashmir, Reuters, 25 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Thousands of Indian Hindu-nationalist opposition supporters massed on a bridge to the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as officials sought to stop a flag-raising ceremony that could spark violence. Police faced off with flag-waving Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers as authorities sealed routes into Kashmir to thwart the planned raising of the...
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25 January 2011
, Washington Post, 24 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Last semester ended ominously here on the campus of one of Pakistan's largest universities, with a flurry of clashes involving armed student organizations, a professors' strike against violence, canceled exams and a lunchtime bombing. The University of Karachi began a new session last week - two weeks late - under the...
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25 January 2011
, The Associated Press, 25 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Suicide bombers attacked police protecting marches by minority Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's two largest cities Tuesday, killing 12 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The first and most deadly attack occurred in the eastern city of Lahore, where the bomber detonated his explosives as police tried to search him, killing 10 people. About...
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