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Indian Kashmir’s top official pardons shoe thrower (AIJAZ HUSSAIN, 08/18/2010, AP)
Indian-controlled Kashmir’s top elected official has pardoned an off-duty police officer who hurled a shoe at him during India’s independence day ceremony — an insulting act reportedly lauded by thousands of Kashmiris. [...]

The public reaction to the stunt underscored the continuing anti-India sentiment in the predominantly Muslim region, which has been rocked by unrest since June. At least 59 people have died in the violence.

The Himalayan region is divided between predominantly Hindu India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, but claimed in full by both. Most people in Kashmir favor independence from India or a merger with Pakistan.

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Posted by Orrin Judd at August 18, 2010 5:48 AM