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  • First Kashmir bus sets off from India to Pakistan

    04/06/2005 11:10:50 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 6 replies · 254+ views
    Reuters | April 7, 2005
    First Kashmir bus sets off from Indian city SRINAGAR, India, April 7 (Reuters) - A bus garlanded with orange marigolds set off from the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday carrying passengers bound for the Pakistani side of the territory for first time in nearly 60 years. The bus, launching a historic service linking the Himalayan region divided since 1947, was sent off by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from Kashmir's main city Srinagar, bound for Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. "The caravan of peace has started," Singh told thousands of Kashmiris who had gathered in a heavily guarded stadium...