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4 killed, 60 injured as troops, protesters clash after rebel leader’s death in Kashmir

  SRINAGAR / AFP At least four protesters were killed and 60 injured in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday after thousands defied a curfew following the death of a top rebel commander, officials said. Clashes spread across the disputed territory as protesters angry at the killing on Friday of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) leader Burhan Wani torched police stations and threw rocks at ...

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Philanthropist Edhi, ‘Pakistan’s Angel of mercy’, buried after state funeral

  KARACHI / AP Tens of thousands of people attended the state funeral for Pakistan’s legendary philanthropist, Abdul Sattar Edhi, in Karachi on Saturday, officials said. Thousands more couldn’t get to the stadium where the funeral was held with a military honor guard, said local government official Nasir Habib. The 88-year-old charity worker died on Friday after a prolonged illness. Pakistan’s ...

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India’s Modi marks Gandhi’s historic South African ride

  DURBAN / AP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was marking a historic train journey by Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi during the final day of his South African visit. Modi’s ride commemorated the incident in which a young Gandhi in 1893 was ejected from a South African train when he refused an order to move from a ...

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