Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Unrest In Kashmir -- News Updates August 11, 2010


Separatist Anger Rages Under Curfew In Kashmir -- New York Times/Reuters

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - In the world's largest democracy, it is curfew time.

Many of Indian Kashmir's streets lie deserted aside from stray dogs. Police, who have killed dozens of protesters defying India's efforts to quell a separatist uprising, stand at street corners in the region's summer capital of Srinagar.

"He only went out to get biscuits," said Maroofa Khan, telling how police shot dead her cousin, 17-year-old Mohammed Iqbal. A shop owner found Iqbal lying on the ground: a bullet pierced the back of his head, forcing an eyeball out of its socket. He died six days later.

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More News On the Unrest In Kashmir

PM's plan for J&K autonomy has few takers -- Times Of India
PM's initiative on Kashmir 'wasted exercise': JD(U) -- Times of India
Kashmir separatists reject PM's autonomy offer -- AFP
Kashmir needs political solution: PM -- Business Standard
Restraint by security forces in Kashmir demanded -- Sify
Woman killed, 17 hurt in J&K terror attack -- Economic Times
Four killed in pre-Ramadan violence in Indian Kashmir -- AFP
3 policemen, 1 civilian killed in fighting in Indian Kashmir, say police -- Canadian Press
4 killed, 18 hurt in fighting in Indian Kashmir as protesters defy curfews -- Today Online
Kashmir youths chucking careers to pelt stones -- Times Of India
UN makes plea to India over helmets -- The Independent/AP
UN asks Indian paramilitary soldiers in Kashmir to stop using UN peacekeeping helmets -- Canadian Press
The other Kashmir problem: India and Pakistan tussle over water -- Christian Science Monitor
India's blinkered policy on Kashmir -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

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