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Kashmir: Violence Update

Kashmir Media Service   Saturday 18 September 2010 From Jan. 1989 to August 31, 2010 Total Killings  93,379 Custodial Killings 6,974 Civilians Arrested 118,060 Structures Arsoned/Destroyed 105,866 Women Widowed 22,734 Children Orphaned 107,366 Women gang-raped / Molested 9,946 Latest news Five more Kashmiri protesters martyred Stepped up Indian state terrorism denounced Srinagar, September 18 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, two youth were martyred and dozens [...]

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Poll: Two thirds in Indian Kashmir want independence

by Adam Plowright Agence France Presse - Sun Sep 12 NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – About two thirds of residents in India-administered Kashmir want independence for their region, with less than one in ten seeking a merger with Pakistan, a survey showed Sunday. The Kashmiri region is administered separately by India and Pakistan, with the Indian [...]

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Boy, 11, shot dead by police in Kashmir rioting

Anti-Indian protests provoked police in Kashmir to fire into the crowd, killing boy and injuring 15 others Associated Press in Srinagar guardian.co.uk – 30 August 2010 Police opened fire at rock-throwing Kashmiris today, killing an 11-year-old boy and sparking violent street protests by thousands of people. At least 22 were wounded in India’s portion of [...]

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More deaths in Kashmir protests

Aljazeera  -  July 06, 2010 Three more people have been killed in continuing unrest in  Indian-administered Kashmir after police opened fire on demonstrators venting their anger over a recent spate of killings in police firing. The three, including a 16-year-old-boy, were shot dead on Tuesday after a large crowd took to the streets shouting “We want [...]

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Police fire on Kashmir protesters

Al Jazeera  -   June 20, 2010 At least one person has been killed and tens of others injured after clashes between Indian security forces and hundreds of demonstrators in Indian-administered Kashmir. Paramilitary police fired on the demonstrators who tried to torch a paramilitary bunker on Sunday, police said. More were injured in subsequent clashes. Hundreds of [...]

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Serbia threatens to stop working with EU mission in Kosovo (Roundup)

DPA Monsters and Critics.com  - 26 May 2010 Pristina/Belgrade – Serbia on Wednesday threatened to stop cooperating with the European Union’s law enforcement mission (Eulex) in Kosovo over the mission’s decision to ban unauthorised visits by Belgrade officials. ‘Our cooperation with Eulex is now brought into question,’ Serbia’s Kosovo minister, Goran Bogdanovic, said in a [...]

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Muslims Are Their Own Worst Enemy

Divisions among Muslims, especially between Sunni and Shiites, have consigned the Muslim Middle East to almost a century of Western control. Muslim disunity has made it possible for Israel to dispossess the Palestinians, and for the US to invade Iraq, threaten Iran and rule much of the region, notes Paul Craig Roberts. Middle East Online [...]

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