Kashmir woos tourists with X'mas, New Year parties
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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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As New Year's Eve rolls in, the Bollywood brigade is planning to whoop it up in different ways.
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Authorities around the Asian region battered by the quake-tsunami tragedy that killed some 120,000 people scaled back or canceled celebrations Friday to mark the New Year.
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Millions of Britons are heading off on Christmas trips on Thursday, some to enjoy festive delights in the UK while others escape to warmer climes.
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Worshippers brought hopes for greater peace in the coming year as they flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem and to St. Peter&#39;s in the Vatican to hear Christmas messages urging an end to violence, particularly in the Middle East.
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ISLAMABAD: The Indian government will invite Pakistani journalists to visit held Kashmir after the successful tour of a team of Pak mediamen to India that returned home the other day.
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In a major step towards promoting people-to-people contacts, India today proposed to Pakistan five designated places along the border for interaction between divided families on both sides of Kashmir during specified periods.
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Leaders from Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on Monday met in Kathmandu for the first time and favoured frequent people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue.
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Officials in New Delhi are cross about a Time magazine story that says that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will offer territorial concessions on Kashmir to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when they meet in New York Friday.
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Thousands of people gave Pakistan&#39;s suspended chief justice a festive welcome when he arrived here on his latest tour mustering support for his reinstatement.
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SRINAGAR, Nov. 13 (XinhuaNET) -- Markets are overcrowded, traffic jam is heavy and the shops are jostling with shoppers in the capital city of Srinagar in the Indian-administered Kashmir as theholy Moslem festival of Eid approaches here.
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The first batch of Indian Kashmiri Muslims left for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, saying they would pray for friendship between India and Pakistan and peace in their troubled region.
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today visited the Kashmiri Hindus residing in migrant camps in Jammu on the second day of his visit to the state.
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The mood in Karachi, Pakistan, was reflected by its citizens, who ushered in a new year under a thick shroud of rage and uncertainty.
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Normally exuberant New Year&#39;s celebrations will be tempered by thoughts for victims of south Asia&#39;s tsunami, as several cities worldwide cancel parties and Australia hopes to lead a global minute of silence.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone has launched a string of celebrations coinciding with Lunar New Year, his latest effort to build stronger economic and cultural links with China.
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When it comes to spending the holiday season abroad, many foreigners are excited to participate in the customs of their host country.