Source: The Christian Science Monitor 
Indian officials accuse Pakistan of violence in the disputed Himalayan border region. The allegation coincided with bombings in Jaipur.
India has accused Pakistan of firing across the militarized frontier that divides the disputed region of Kashmir – the first such allegation since the neighbors and rivals signed a cease-fire agreement in 2003.
Violations […]

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Source: BBC News 
Militants in north-western Pakistan have destroyed a girls’ primary school in the second attack of its kind since Sunday, officials say.
The wooden building was burned to the ground during an overnight raid in the Sherpalam area of Swat district. No group has claimed responsibility.
Another girls school had petrol bombs thrown at it […]

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Source: AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon announced Monday war crimes charges carrying the death penalty against a Tanzanian inmate held in Guantanamo Bay arising from Al-Qaeda attacks on US embassies in East Africa a decade ago.
The Defense Department said Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani would face a special military tribunal on nine counts including murder related to […]

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Source: AFP
SRINAGAR — There was a time when Indian soldiers guarding the Line of Control that cuts through mountainous Kashmir could barely catch a wink of sleep.
At the height of the Muslim insurgency against Indian rule over a part of the picturesque Himalayan region, scores of militants would sneak in from Pakistan, bringing daily gun […]

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