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A publication of Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA)

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Editor: Pritam K. Rohila, PhD asiapeace@comcast.net

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Volume XI, No. 9, September 15, 2007, Next Issue, October 15, 2007

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CONTENTS

Please be sure to sign

Petition of Apology to the Victims of Partition-related Violence in 1947

at

www.indiapakistanpeace.org

EDITORIAL

*Hippo and tortoise, Pritam K. Rohila, Ph. D.

PEACE & HARMONY EVENTS

*November 8-11, Toronto, Canada: ETHICS AND GLOBAL PEACE

*December 1-2, Islamabad, Pakistan: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS

PEACE & HARMONY EVENT REPORTS

*Youth for Culture of Peace (2006

*Joint Independence Day Celebration, Lahore, Pakistan, August 14, 2007

*Indian, Pakistani artist mark I-Day, India West, August 24, 2007

PEACE & HARMONY RESOURCES

*Rabba Hun Kee Kariye: Thus Departed Our Neighbours

PEACE & HARMONY EDUCATION & TRAINING

*October Semester 2007 Transcend Peace University

PEACE & HARMONY WEBSITES

SRI LANKA UPDATE

*Results of deliberative poll reveal space for peace

PEACE & HARMONY NEWS

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EDITORIAL

*Hippo and tortoise, Pritam K. Rohila, Ph. D.

A recent report tells the story of a baby hippopotamus, which has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise at Lafarge Park, an animal facility, in the port city of Mombassa.

The hippo, which weighs about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki
River into the Indian Ocean, and was then forced back to shore, when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before it was rescued by wildlife rangers.

During the tsunami, the hippo apparently had lost his mother and was traumatized. It has bonded with an old tortoise, at the facility. They swim, eat and sleep together. It becomes aggressive, when somebody approaches the tortoise, as if protecting its biological mother.

The story shows that our differences don't matter much when we need the comfort of another.

The author hopes that people would learn a lesson from these two creatures of God,
"Look beyond the differences and find a way to walk the path together."

There seems to be a special lesson for the peoples of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, who have inhabited the same landmass for centuries, yet at times have difficulty being good neighbors.

PEACE & HARMONY EVENTS

*November 8-11, Toronto, Canada: ETHICS AND GLOBAL PEACE: NGO PERSPECTIVES is the theme of the World Congress of NGOs to be held at Delta Chelsea Hotel, to address the issue of ethics and peace at all levels: from the individual to the global community. Professional training seminars and workshops for representatives of nonprofits and NGOs will also be offered throughout the conference in topics including: 1) Peace Through Service; 2) Writing a Successful Grant: 3) Achieving Financial Sustainability; 4) Advocacy for NGOs/Nonprofits; and What Works in Business, Works for NGOs?     For details and registration form visit www.wango.org/congress/registration.aspx More info from World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) Tel: 914.631.8990  (USA); Fax: 914.631.8993  (USA)

Email: congress@wango.org

*December 1-2, Islamabad, Pakistan: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES aims to analyze the significant issue pertaining to peace building in South Asia, with particular reference to the on-going peace dialogue between India and Pakistan, at Preston University, Islamabad. Registration fee is Rs. 1,000. More info from Dr. Sohail Mahmood, Preston University, 85, Street 3, H-8/1, Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan, Phone: +92 51 111-707-808 (office); Fax: 092- 051-4430648, Cell: +92 345 511 79 21, E-Mail: mahmood.sohail@gmail.com

PEACE & HARMONY EVENT REPORTS

*Youth for Culture of Peace (2006) report is now available at www.decade-culture-of-peace.org/report/YouthReport.pdf Youth from 475 organizations in 125 countries responded to the question of what they would do for a culture of peace if they had funding. As you can see in he report they provide a wealth of ideas, showing that they are ready to change the world from culture of war to culture of peace. The report proposes the establishment of a Global Youth Solidarity Fund and Program. More info us available from mail@decade-culture-of-peace.org

*Joint Independence Day Celebration, Lahore, Pakistan, August 14, 2007

The function was organized, at Lahore, by Pak-India Peace Initiatives which is actively engaged since last 12 years in promoting peace and amity between the two conflict ridden countries of South Asia, Pakistan and India.

Main feature of the celebration was a seminar entitled “60th Anniversary of Independence of Pakistan.” A delegate from India Mr Tridivesh Singh was the guest of honour.

After the function, the Azadi (Independence) Cake was jointly cut by Indian and Pakistani participants.

In his welcome speech, Awais Sheikh awaissheikhadvocate@yahoo.com, President of the organizing group announced that Pak-India Peace initiatives would invite one thousand delegates from India on the 61st Independence Day Celebration next year.

*Indian, Pakistani artist mark I-Day, India West, August 24, 2007

Mumbai: “Bhai Janab,” a unique event, was organized along with some of the best stage performers from India and Pakistan to commemorate 60 years of independence of both countries India and Pakistan.

Nitin Karambelkar of Mumbai Times Cafe and Samer Redij and Sammer Bhojani of None-O-Nine Entertainment along with Sanjeev Gupta of Global Advertising organized this unique event. “’Bhai Janab’ is our humble step towards fostering brotherhood between India and Pakistan,” said Nitin.

Gaurav Sharma, Rehan Khan, Priyadarshi Banerjee and Aarti Kanpal were among the Indian artists while the Pakistani performers at the event were Rauf Lala, Ali Hassan, Irfan Malik, and Rahim Shah.

Congress leader Charan Singh Sapra, producer Nazim Rizvi, actor Prem Chopra, comics Ahsan Qureshi, Sunil Pal and Tejaswani Kolhapure were among those who attended.

 
PEACE & HARMONY RESOURCES
 

*Rabba Hun Kee Kariye: Thus Departed Our Neighbours (65 minutes/2007/DVD with English Subtitles) Directed by Ajay Bhardwaj jayunmukt@gmail.com ,+91-9968283665 (New Delhi/ India)

While India won her independence from the British rule in 1947, the north western province of Punjab was divided into two. The Muslim majority areas of West Punjab became part of Pakistan, and the Hindu and Sikh majority areas of East Punjab remained with, the now divided, India. The truncated Punjabs bore scars of large-scale killings as each was being cleansed of their minorities.

Sixty years on, Rabba Hun Kee Kariye trails this shared history divided by the knife. For the first time a documentary turns its gaze at the perpetrators, as seen through the eyes of bystanders. While East Punjabis fondly remember their bonding with the Muslim neighbours and vividly recall its betrayal, the film excavates how the personal and informal negotiated with the organised violence of genocide. In village after village, people recount what life had in store for those who participated in the killings and lootings. Periodically, the accumulated guilt of a witness or a bystander, surfaces, sometimes discernible in their subconscious, othertimes visible in the film.

Without rancour and with great pain a generation unburdens its heart, hoping this never happens again.

PEACE & HARMONY EDUCATION & TRAINING

*October Semester 2007 (October 1 - December 21) at Transcend Peace University will offer 21 online courses. More information at http://tpu.transcend.org, by email from tpu@transcend.org or by phone from +40 264 420298 or +40 724 380551

PEACE & HARMONY WEBSITES

*http://cpnn-world.org/ is the website of the Culture of Peace News Network (CPPN), where readers exchange information about events, experiences, books, music, and web news that promote a culture of peace. It is a self-sustaining network in which the reader is invited to write and contribute to it.

CPNN is a project of the United Nations for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. The culture of peace is much more than just peace. It includes the full range of positive alternatives needed to replace the culture of war and violence that has dominated 5,000 years of human history.

SRI LANKA UPDATE

*Results of deliberative poll reveal space for peace, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, 12/14 Purana Vihara Road, Colombo 6, Tel: 2818344, 2854127, 2819064, Tel/Fax:2819064, npc@sltnet.lk, www.peace-srilanka.org

A deliberative poll with a sample size of 1800 carried out by the Marga Institute in collaboration with the National Peace Council during May-June 2007 has brought out the people’s attitudes towards the LTTE, the ethnic conflict and its solution, and also the potential for generating popular support for a political solution. This poll, which was carried out in 18 of the country’s 25 administrative districts (excluding the north and including only Ampara from the east) would be primarily reflective of Sinhalese and Muslim opinion.

The deliberative poll seeks to ascertain how the public would respond if they were better informed and had a better understanding of the issues that are the subject of the survey. It was carried out in several phases. In the first phase the respondents were provided with a document that informed them about the issues that they were to be questioned on. In the second phase the respondents were requested to read and deliberate on the material presented and discuss it with others. In the third phase they were presented with a structured questionnaire. Such deliberative polls have been carried out in Northern Ireland to help with the peace process.

According to the Marga study, as many as 99 percent of the respondents did not want the war to continue, agreeing that the prevailing state of war should be ended as early as possible and security restored in all parts of the country. On the other hand, 77 percent of the respondents think that the government needs to act on the basis that the LTTE will not give up their aim of an independent state of Tamil Eelam, and will not enter the democratic process. This leads as many as 84 percent of the respondents to agree that the government should concentrate on militarily defeating the LTTE and recapturing all the territory controlled by the LTTE. But an even greater proportion amounting to 89 percent believe that the LTTE will continue as a guerilla force and be a threat to peace and security even after suffering a comprehensive military defeat.

The bleak assessment of the vast majority of people in the efficacy of a military solution leads most of them amounting to 72 percent to conclude that the best guarantee of lasting peace is a political solution that all communities can accept and that includes the LTTE in a negotiated settlement in which they give up their demand for Tamil Eelam and enter into a multi-party democratic system. This would be the ideal solution, and implies that the people expect the government to put forward a political package to resolve the fundamentals of the ethnic conflict.

It is noteworthy that only a small proportion, less than 10 percent, rejected any form of devolution, including the existing provincial council system. The vast majority were in support of some form of devolution of power. As many as 95 percent agreed that the political solution should be just and fair to all communities and it should guarantee equal rights to all citizens in all parts of the country regardless of ethnicity or religion. An important finding of the survey was that 70 percent of respondents were ready to accept devolution close to a federal system if it was a three tier system and brought government close to the people by giving adequate power to the political institutions at the local (third) and the community level.

The National Peace Council believes that the figures above show that there is a large measure of agreement amongst the people on what has to be done to lead to sustainable peace. They are in agreement with a political solution that enables the LTTE to be brought into a political solution. This imposes an obligation on the LTTE to commit itself to a political solution within the framework of a united country. It also imposes an obligation upon the government to speed up its production of a political package that has broad acceptance amongst the ethnic minority political parties.

In particular we see the readiness of 72 percent of the Sinhalese and Muslim respondents to envisage a future in which the LTTE is part and parcel of a restructured Sri Lankan polity as revealing the space that is available for arriving at a negotiated political settlement that has public backing.

PEACE & HARMONY NEWS

*Azad for allowing PaK students to purse education in JK, G. Kashmir, Sep 15,

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=15_9_2007&ItemID=34&cat=1

*India tries something new to calm Kashmir, September 14, 2007 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=nw20070914095301230C727040&set_id=

*989 get Jaipur foot in Pakistan, Hindu, Thursday, September 13,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=424692&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*SAARC ministers moot on Oct 23, Daily Times, Thursday, September 13,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=424697&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*J&K Governor says stable Pakistan is in India’s interest, Greater Kashmir, Sep 13, http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=14_9_2007&ItemID=17&cat=1

*Hazratbal complex to house additional 50,000 devotees, Greater Kashmir, Sept 13

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=13_9_2007&ItemID=37&cat=24

*Madrasa in Delhi introduces course in Sanskrit, PTI, Times of India, 12 Sep 2007 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Madrasa_in_Delhi_introduces_course_in_Sanskrit/articleshow/2363287.cms

*We want peaceful, stable Pakistan: India, PTI, September 11 2007 http://inwww.rediff.com/newshound/last24.html?urlL=last24-slice.html&urlR=http%3A//inwww.rediff.com/newshound/showtophush.htm%3Frediffid%3Dhttp%3A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mob_blinds_3_snatchers_in_Nawada/rssarticleshow/2356978.cms

*Pakistan: Peace deal with Taliban in Mohmand, Daily Times, September 10,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=423850&category=Frontend&Country=PAKISTAN

*Lankan navy gets Indian training, Asian Age, Monday, September 10,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=423871&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Bangladesh: Ban on indoor politics goes, New Age, Monday, September 10,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=423781&category=Frontend&Country=BANGLADESH

*'Centre taking important steps to restore peace in J&K,' Times of India, Sep 9, 2007

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Centre_taking_important_steps_to_restore_peace_in_JK/articleshow/2352950.cms

*KPs to visit "Vitasta Verinag "for pilgrimage in Sept, News Agency of Kashmir, Sept 7, kashmir-global-network@yahoogroups.com

*Bhim Singh to set up Justice Foundation on 9/11, Kashmir Watch, Sep 9

http://www.kashmirwatch.com/showheadlines.php?subaction=showfull&id=1189259827&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&var0news=value0news

*India to celebrate Waris Shah's birthday, Daily Times, September 08,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=423170&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Indian SC takes up Pak prisoners case, Daily Times, September 08,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=423169&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0

*Kashmir: Ex-militants to form political outfit, Mir Ehsan, Kashmir Watch, Sep 7, 07 http://www.kashmirwatch.com/showheadlines.php?subaction=showfull&id=1189162798&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&var0news=value0news

*Ties with India improving: Kasuri, Greater Kashmir, September 7, 2007

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=8_9_2007&ItemID=43&cat=1

*India proposes new anti-terror talks, Dawn, September 7, 2007 http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/06/top14.htm

'No exception to sex test ban', Times of India, 7 Sep 2007

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_exception_to_sex_test_ban/articleshow/2345323.cms

*Pak refugees get right to vote in B'desh, New Age, Thursday, September 06,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=422506&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*India-Pak mechanism on Tulbal soon, Hindu, Wednesday, September 05,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=422277&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*ASI help to preserve Sikh manuscripts, Statesman, Sep 5, 2007

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=168879

*South Asia Broadband Congress begins, Daily Mirror, September 05,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=422213&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Lanka-Pak FTA to expand to $1bn by 2012, Daily Mirror, September 05,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=422206&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Tourism: Lanka-Maldives join hands, Lanka Business Online, September 05,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=422208&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Clean City Initiative reaches Dal front, Greater Kashmir, September 4, 2007

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=5_9_2007&ItemID=21&cat=24

*Political workers form ‘Jamhoori Forum,’ Dawn, September 4, 2007

http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/04/nat10.htm

*Assam tea finds market in Pakistan, Indian Express, Tuesday, September 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421957&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Sonia emissary meets Nepal Maoist chief, Yahoo, Tuesday, September 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421953&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Postage stamp marks Nepal, Lanka ties, Gorkhapatra, Tuesday, September 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421948&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Pandits take out Shobha Yatra after 2 decades, Greater Kashmir, Sep 4

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=04_09_2007&ItemID=52&cat=1

*Nehru varsity exam center in Pak, Hindu, Monday, September 03,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421628&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Guru Nanak’s 468th death anniversary in Pakistan, Monday, September 03,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421639&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Lanka: Gota, Basil off to India, Daily Mirror, Monday, September 03,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421633&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Bangladesh: EC wants elected govt at earliest, New Age, Monday, September 03, http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421458&category=Frontend&Country=BANGLADESH

*Pak to 'build Bhagat Singh memorial', Daily times, September 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421275&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Backdoor talks with India on: Kasuri, News, Sunday, September 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421252&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0

*Pak businesswomen to visit India, Daily Times, Sunday, September 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421259&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*India: Working Group on Center-State relations meets, Greater Kashmir, Sep 3 http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=03_09_2007&ItemID=30&cat=1

*Nepal, India agree to print border maps, Himalayan Times, Sunday, September 02, http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=421247&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Indians and Pakistanis desire good relations, K. Nayar, Gulf News, September 01 http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/world/10150527.html

*They preach different religions but pray for survival of seven year old Shahid, Kashmir Independent News, Kashnet Digest Number 2951, September 01, 2007 kashmir-global-network@yahoogroups.com

*Pak, B'desh agree to boost trade, Daily Times, Friday, August 31,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=420576&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*India: Government unveils steps for Muslims, PTI, August 31, 2007

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/31sachar.htm

*Kashmir: Delhi announces relief for depot fire victims, UNI, August 30, 2007

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=30_8_2007&ItemID=37&cat=1

*Sowing the seeds of peace, Rediff.com, August 29, 2007 http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/28seed.htm

*Wullar Barrage talks in Delhi tomorrow, Daily Times, Wednesday, August 29,2007

http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419982&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Massive S Asia corridor on anvil, India Times, Wednesday, August 29,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419937&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0

*India tips Nepal on Maoist tactics, Asian Age, Wednesday, August 29,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419943&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Pak trade team to Sri Lanka next week, Daily Mirror, Wednesday, August 29,2007

http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419984&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*India for a stable Bangladesh, Hindu, Tuesday, August 28,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419690&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Lanka emerging as Pak trade conduit, Dawn, Tuesday, August 28,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419750&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Sri Lankan minister visits Maldives, Miadhu, Tuesday, August 28,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419814&category=Frontend&Country=MALDIVES

*Lanka dance troupe woos Kashmiris, Zee News, Monday, August 27,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419473&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Dhaka to bulk export cement to India, New Age, Monday, August 27,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419553&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Nepal FM to visit Sri Lanka, Himalayan Times, Monday, August 27,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419451&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Eminent citizens protest atrocities, New Age, Monday, August 27,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419366&category=Frontend&Country=BANGLADESH

*Mini-India in Lahore getting popular, Daily times, Saturday, August 25,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=418922&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Pakistan: Judiciary to deliver as per expectations, Nation, Sunday, August 26,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419098&category=Frontend&Country=PAKISTAN

*Govt forms information commission, Nepal News, Sunday, August 26,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=419092&category=Frontend&Country=NEPAL

*‘India is a model for universal brotherhood,’ Maulana Parekh, New Kerala, Aug 11

http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=53047

*India to help Nepal's agriculture sector, Kantipuronline, Friday, August 24,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=418658&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*India, Nepal to sign air service accord, Gorkhapatra, Friday, August 24,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=418666&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Pakistan: Early madressah reform sought, Khaleeq Kiani, Dawn, August 12,

http://www.pal-c.org/Earlymadressahreformsought.html

*Nepal: 'Landmines being defused nationwide' THE HIMALAYAN TIMES | August 23,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=418087&category=Frontend&Country=NEPAL

*Trucks to replace porters at Wagah HINDU | Wednesday, August 22,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=417942&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Musharraf to implement jurga decisions THE NEWS | Wednesday, August 22,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=418055&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Musharraf greets Karazai on national day, Daily Times, Sunday, August 19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=417062&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*India for financial aid to Nepal, India Times, Sunday, August 19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=417111&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Relations with Pakistan on track: Singh, News, Saturday, August 18,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=416804&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0

*Indian film to be released in Pak, Daily Times, Saturday, August 18,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=416824&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

*Indo-Pak past can't let stalk future INDIAN EXPRESS | Thursday, August 16,2007 
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?
id=416185&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
 
*Rock band tries to heal wounds in Indian Kashmir, Earth Times, August 15, 2007 
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/92871.html
 
*Shells destroy Kashmir villages, strengthen communal harmony, Greater Kashmir, Aug 15 http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?
Date=16_8_2007&ItemID=36&cat=1
 
*India releases 72 Pak prisoners, The News, Wednesday, August 15,2007 
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?
id=415820&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
 
*Kashmir: 90 Armymen punished for violating HR, Greater Kashmir, August 14 , 2007
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?
Date=15_8_2007&ItemID=12&cat=1
 
*Pak allows IAF duo to land in Karachi, Hindu, Tuesday, August 14,2007 
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?
id=415657&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
 
*38-member SAFMA team leaves for India, Dawn, Tuesday, August 14,2007