Don&#39;t withdraw troops, say shell-shocked villagers
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Kashmiri farmer Bansi Lal, harvesting his rice crop for the first time in five years without fear of being smacked by a Pakistani shell, is dreading the impending cutback of Indian troops in the violence-racked region.
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Sri Lanka's truce with Tiger rebels has brought fear instead of the expected peace dividend because of the continued forced recruitment of thousands of child soldiers, a rights group said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s prime minister says his forces &quot;will not be lenient&quot; in a crackdown on Fallujah if the city doesn&#39;t turn over a notorious Jordanian militant.
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Thousands of villagers huddled inside emergency shelters on India's southeast coast, too scared to sleep in case a tsunami that killed up to 3,300 people strikes again.
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GAUHATI, India Oct. 4, 2004 - Sleeping villagers heard men outside their huts, calling them to come out. They stumbled into the early morning darkness Monday and the intruders began firing automatic weapons, killing six people and wounding seven.
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but SCIRI leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim has survived and says his thousands of armed militiamen will not fight back. seen to be behind Iraq&#39;s insurgency, Hakim called for
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned last night that his country would not withdraw from the Gaza Strip under fire, and would move strongly to crush any attempt by Palestinian extremist groups to attack soldiers or settlers while the withdrawal, which is planned for next summer, is taking place.
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Travel: Local governor urges residents to demonstrate against a military takeover.
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India already plans to pull out some 20,000 troops, according to army officers, out of an estimated 500,000. dispute, which has bedevilled relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours for half a century.
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Kashmiris weary of years of violence welcomed on Friday the governments surprising offer to reduce the number of its troops in the Himalayan territory, a move that could prompt old foe Pakistan to respond similarly.
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KANNAPURAM EAST, Sri Lanka  - Tamil farmer Sabaratnam Somaratnam abandoned his home in east Sri Lanka fearing it might be shelled.
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Â· Sightseeing flight took place in bad weather  Â· Army team sent in after villagers find wreckage
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&quot;As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They&#39;re not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.&quot;.
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Â· Guns and equipment already handed overÂ· Insurgents promise not to attack Americans
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - More than 1,000 villagers have fled a southern Afghan town as Taliban fighters dig in to repel NATO efforts to drive them out, residents and officials said on Wednesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said opponents of his proposal to evacuate settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank must stop inciting the military and security forces to reject the withdrawal plan.
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Â· New demands on troops put pressure on projectsÂ· MoD denies combat training is being cut