Kashmiris Cherish Truce, Fear It May End
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CHAKOTHI, Pakistan &#151; These days business is brisk at Muhammad Shabir Abbasi's grocery shop, after years of enduring mortar and artillery fire between Indian and Pakistani forces fighting on the front line that divides Kashmir.
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As tourism makes a slow comeback in Indian Kashmir, authorities in the bloodied region are wooing visitors with Christmas and New Year celebrations, the first since a violent separatist revolt began 15 years ago.
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peace process and remain far apart on ways to resolve their most contentious dispute over Kashmir. resumed talks launched earlier in the year on ways to build confidence about their nuclear and conventional arsenals.
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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir - Thousands of people in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir demonstrated Wednesday to mark the âblack dayâ 57 years ago when India deployed troops in the Himalayan region.
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The main separatist alliance in Indian Kashmir has insisted on holding talks with Pakistan before reviving a dialogue with New Delhi, a demand which could stall a peace process in the disputed region.
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Sri Lanka and the rebel Tamil Tigers mark the fifth anniversary of their truce on Friday just a day after the guerrilla group said the deal was all but dead and that their &quot;freedom struggle&quot; would go on.
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HYDERABAD -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who heads for Kashmir on Wednesday, said yesterday his visit is aimed at putting an end to years of violence in the troubled Himalayan region. Singh's comments came as thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, scarred by 15 years of violence, celebrated Eid al-Fitr days after India announced it would reduce the number of troops in ...
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By the Editor. WITH a zest for the birth of a durable peace and serenity, President Musharraf has reiterated his call for identification, demilitarization and change in the status of the seven regions of Kashmir
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Indian Kashmir militants announced on Tuesday they would not use guns to force voters to boycott state elections due later this year and reiterated they were open to a truce offer, a report said.
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GAZA CITY -- Gaza's warring factions began to hold their fire yesterday as a truce took effect across the volatile territory and brought hopes for an end to the infighting that has left 36 people dead in five days.
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Islamabad: Even though India and Pakistan may try their level best to indulge in dialogue for a peaceful resolution of all contentious issues, the war of words between the two may perhaps not die down.
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With a ceasefire holding on the Kashmiri borders and India and Pakistan still on track with their latest peace initiative, Muslim clerics in Indian Kashmir say they are ready to preach reconciliation during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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NEW DELHI -- One day after Pakistan's president proposed a demilitarization of the violence-racked Himalayan region of Kashmir, India's response was notably lukewarm, with an official making clear the proposal should not have been made first to reporters.
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JAMMU - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began the final day of a peace offensive in revolt-hit Kashmir Thursday after presenting a âfresh visionâ for the region to boost prosperity and end the conflict in the state.
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GUWAHATI, India  - India has ended a truce with   rebels in the country's northeast and resumed a   counter-insurgency operation after militants killed two people,   including a policeman, an army official said on Sunday.
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ISLAMABAD : Kashmiri political leaders as well as militant commanders are expressing mix reaction over the Indian Prime Minister Manmohanâs Singh statement regarding reduction in troops in Indian administrated Kashmir.
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NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan Monday sharply differed on Jammu and Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism but agreed to continue the ceasefire, negotiate conventional and nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and carry forward the &#39;composite