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An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier keeps vigil inside an outpost along the India-Pakistan border at R S Pura International Border, 25 kms south of Jammu on August 6, 2013. (AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 6, 2013 | World
Srinagar, AP—India’s army says five of its soldiers were killed when Pakistani troops fired at a patrol near the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday. The incident could threaten recent overtures aimed at resuming peace talks...
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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (right) welcomes his Sudanase counterpart Omar Hassan al-Bashir outside his Presidential office in Juba April 12, 2013 (REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 12, 2013 | World
Juba, Reuters—Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir arrived in South Sudan on Friday for the first time since Africa’s once-largest country split in 2011, raising cautious hopes the two adversaries may be edging toward establishing peaceful co-existence. The...