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China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-01 07:45
Protest called off
Hindus in India-controlled Kashmir called off their two-month protest after the government allowed them temporary use of land at the center of a row for an annual pilgrimage, officials said yesterday.
At least 38 people have been killed so far and more than 1,000 wounded in violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
The dispute began over a piece of forest land near a Hindu shrine, but snowballed into some of the biggest pro-independence demonstrations.
(China Daily 09/01/2008 page7)
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