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February 16, 2013

India Takes a Troubling Turn

The Economist, The Economist

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AFTER two years of wary peace, Kashmir is under siege again. This week the authorities banned newspapers, blocked television and the internet, and imposed a curfew in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and beyond. Police battled with protesting youths, three of whom died.

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