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  • India, Pakistan Open Militarized Border (families allowed to reunite w/quake victims)

    11/19/2005 6:48:02 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 217+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/19/05 | MUJTABA ALI AHMAD
    TEETHWAL, India - For the first time in 58 years, Indians legally walked into Pakistan on Saturday after a landmark decision to open divided Kashmir's heavily militarized border. The temporary measure — aimed at reuniting families after the earthquake that devastated the region — may go a long way toward easing tensions between the two nuclear rivals. The 23 Indians who crossed over hoped to visit relatives they have not seen since the frontier was drawn after the 1948 war between the neighboring countries, leaving most of Kashmir with India and a smaller part with Pakistan. The region, claimed by...