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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2008) A Royal Thai Navy SEAL heads toward the bridge of the Military Sealift Command Marine Corps container roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Cpl. Louis J. Hauge, Jr. (T-AK 3011) after fast-roping onto the ship's flight deck. A six-person Thai special forces team boarded the ship during the annual Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) exercises. SEACAT is a week-long, at-sea exercise designed to highlight information sharing and multinational coordination within a scenario that provides participating navies with practical maritime interception training.(U.S. Navy photo by Edward Baxter/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2008) A member of the Brunei Special Forces rushes towards the pilot house of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. Howard, along with the Brunei Air Force and Royal Brunei Navy, are participating in South East Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism exercises off the coast of Brunei. Howard and the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2008) Members of the Brunei Special Forces rush towards the pilot house of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott/Released)

bd popeye · Aug 21, 2008

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Dutch cameramen attend the funeral of their collegue Stan Storimans in Tilburg, Netherlands, on 21 August 2008. Storimans died on 12 August 2008 in a Russian bombardment of Gori in central Georgia

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A Georgian supporters (L) protest against Russian army in Georgia near a man in Soviet uniform sitting on historical tank near Prague's national museum during exibition for 40. commemoration of the Prague Spring in Prague, Czech Republic on 21 August 2008. The Czech Republic commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion into then Czechoslovakia

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A French Foreign Legion detachment stands by as French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a eulogy to the ten French soldiers killed this week during the fighting that followed a Taliban ambush some 60 kms from Kabul, before posthumously bestowing on each one the decoration of 'Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur', at the Invalides in Paris, France, 21 August 2008, during the national ceremony to homage the fallen

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A Nepalese army personnel helps to evacuate child and mother flood victim at Koshi River in Sunsari District, 400 kilometer south east of Kathmandu, 21 August 2008. Nearly 50,000 people are reported to have fled their homes and hundreds missing after a Koshi river dam collapsed in south-eastern Nepal on Monday afternoon

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Israeli soldiers stop a Palestinian ambulance driver during a raid to arrest a Palestnian member of Al-Aqsa Brigade, near the West Bank city of Nablus 21 August 2008

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Rescue workers shift the body of a suicide bomber at a military-run ordinance factory in Wah cantonment area near capital Islamabad, Pakistan, 21 August 2008. Two suicide bomb blasts targeting civilian employees of an military-run ordnance factory in Wah, killed more than 57 people and injured up to 100.

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Forensic officers seen at work in a park in Leipzig, Germany, 21 August 2008. Three days after eight-year-old Michelle from Leipzig had been reported missing the corpse of a child was found in the park. According to the police the corpse has not yet been identified. Michelle is missing since she went home from a holiday meeting at her school on Monday, 18 August 2008.

bd popeye · Aug 21, 2008

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3rd International Exhibition on weapon and military technics in Moscow, RU. Feel free to ID the equipment you are seeing! Thank you.

bd popeye · Aug 21, 2008

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks with French soldiers from the 8th regiment of paratroopers at Camp Warehouse in Kabul August 20, 2008. President Sarkozy said on Wednesday he had no regrets about sending 700 more troops to Afghanistan, after insurgents killed 10 French soldiers, the biggest single loss for foreign forces in combat since 2001.

French paratroopers from the 8th regiment await the arrival of French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Camp Warehouse in Kabul August 20, 2008. President Sarkozy said on Wednesday he had no regrets about sending 700 more troops to Afghanistan, after insurgents killed 10 French soldiers, the biggest single loss for foreign forces in combat since 2001.

GOTENBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 21: Tanks fire rounds during a live fire exercise by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) at the foot of Mount Fuji on August 21, 2008 in Gotenba, Shizuoka, Japan. Around 2,000 JGSDF personnel, 60 tanks and 20 aircrafts take part in this exercise and demonstrate their military capability in front of thousands of spectators.

Soldiers patrol the main street of Lanao del Norte, southern Philippines August 19, 2008. The Philippine military chief vowed on Tuesday to chase down Muslim rebels who attacked two towns in the south, saying the time to give peace a chance was now over.

A motorized tricycle with passengers passes by an armored personnel carrier parking along the highway Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 in Kolambugan in southern Philippines as evacuees are returning to their homes now after being assured of security from the military. The military was walking in a tightrope, ordered to pursue Muslim rebels blamed for a spate of attacks without jeopardizing an increasingly fragile peace process.

Philippines policemen take defensive positions beside a road in Linamon, Lanao del Norte province on August 19, 2008, as government troops stepped up a manhunt for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas after a murderous rampage in the southern Philippines that left 38 people dead and threw peace negotiations into chaos. The fresh wave of simultaneous attacks by MILF rebels in several towns, looting businesses, burning homes, randomly attacking the mostly Christian villagers and nearly 10,000 displaced by the fighting.

Heavily armed combat troops patrol a village in Kauswagan town in Lanao del Norte province on August 19, 2008 as government troops stepped up a manhunt for Muslim rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF?) following an attack on the town and other Christian areas in this southern Philippines province

A Philippine Army soldier arrests Miguelito Maglangit, (R) the alleged guide of Muslim rebels during the attack on the town, in Kauswagan town on August 19, 2008.

31 Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who surrendered to the militaryare now inside a camp under a close watch of armed police after they were presented to the media Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 in Iligan City in southern Philippines. The group allegedly belonging to Commander Bravo who rampaged in two towns last Monday, surrendered after refusing orders to kill civilians. The government demanded the surrender of two Muslim guerilla commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people

bd popeye · Aug 21, 2008

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A Colombian soldier receives one of the weapons handed over by rebels of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army (ERG) group after they agreed to surrender to the government, in El Carmen de Atrato Choco Province August 21, 2008. Forty-five guerrillas have surrendered their weapons, as part of the peace process with the Colombian government, local media reported.

Iraqi Army soldiers conduct house raids in west Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Baghdad security forces have detained 45 wanted persons and 102 suspects during the past 24 hours in a series of operations in the capital, according to a statement by the Iraqi Council of Ministers.

Iraqi soldiers walk among a cache of mortar rounds seized during a raid in the Baghdad district of Sadr City on August 20, 2008. Arms caches have been found all around Iraq with some weapons originally belonging to the former Iraqi army under the leadership of Saddam Hussein and stolen by militants and others during the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by US-led forces.

South Korean Army soldiers aim their weapons during a South Korea-U.S. military exercise in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. South Korea and the United States kicked off annual joint military drills Monday with a focus on preparing for Seoul's plans to retake wartime command of its forces.

bd popeye · Aug 23, 2008

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PHILIPPINES (Aug. 19, 2008) During a maritime interdiction operation exercise, Philippine visit, board, search and seizure team members move up a ladder while boarding the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) as part of a Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) exercise. SEACAT brings several countries together for simultaneous bilateral exercises with the United States to enhance maritime security and interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Thomas/Released)

PHILIPPINES (Aug. 19, 2008) During a maritime interdiction operation exercise, a Philippine visit, board, search and seizure team member secures the bridge aboard the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) as part of a Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) exercise. SEACAT brings several countries together for simultaneous bilateral exercises with the United States to enhance maritime security and interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Thomas/Released)

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REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA (Aug. 22, 2008) Georgian soldiers, working hand in hand with U.S. military personnel, are assisting the delivery of humanitarian assistance supplies to the people of the Republic of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance efforts are coordinated by the U.S. Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, with assistance provided by the Department of Defense following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. (Department of Defense photo by Maj. Rob James/Released)

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GROTON, Conn. (Aug. 21, 2008) Italian submarine ITS Salvatore Todaro (S 526) pulls into Submarine Base New London to begin a 14-day visit. Todaro has also made port visits to Mayport, Fla., and Norforlk, Va., marking the first time since World War II that an Italian submarine has crossed the Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released)

Ukrainian Army tanks drive in central Kiev on August 21, 2008 during a military parade rehearsal in Kiev prior to the celebrating the 17th anniversary of Ukraine's independence next August 24. Russia should begin preparations now to withdraw its Black Sea fleet from the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol, Ukraine's foreign minister said in an interview published in Russia's Izvestia daily.

A Police officer stands by a mini bus destroyed by fallen scaffolding near a construction site in Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Typhoon Nuri weakened to a severe tropical storm as it landed in Hong Kong Friday, bringing strong winds and rainfall but inflicting little damage. No major destruction was reported, unlike in the Philippines, where Nuri killed seven people and triggered landslides and floods in the north.

Basque autonomous police guard a Basque separatist demonstration demanding self determination for the Basque Country and Navarra province, on August 22, 2008, in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. Banner reads in Basque "State of emergency, Stop! Self determination for the Basque Country".

Palestinian youths dance in front of Israeli soldiers and border police during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation barrier near the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, Aug 22, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.

Police officers escort Leonel Rojas, a suspected rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, at a police station in Bogota, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Rojas was arrested Thursday in southern Huila state, police said.

Sri Lankan police officers use a sniffer dog to detect explosive devices in a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Sri Lankan war planes pounded a Tamil Tiger supply facility in the embattled northern region Friday, while renewed infantry clashes killed 24 rebels and four soldiers, the military said.

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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, center, paid tribute to 10 French paratroopers who were killed by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan during their funeral at Les Invalides in Paris. In addition to those killed, 21 others were wounded in a battle in eastern Afghanistan that caused the deadliest single loss for foreign troops in the country since the American invasion in 2001.
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The coffin of a French soldier is carried by pall bearers during a commemorative ceremony at the Invalides in Paris, France. France pays tribute to the 10 fallen soldiers killed during a gun battle with insurgents earlier this week in eastern Afghanistan.

bd popeye · Aug 23, 2008

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Philippine Air Force personnel unload ammunition at a military camp in Lanao del Norte province on August 19, 2008 as government troops stepped up a manhunt for Muslim rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) following attacks in several Christian towns in this southern Philippines province. Meanwhile Muslim rebel commander Abdurahman Macapaar of the MILF, also known as Commander Bravo, who was behind deadly raids in the southern Philippines declared an "all-out war" against the government August 20, 2008 saying his fighters were willing to die in battle.

A Pakistani police officer watched as men removed a body after a suicide attack at Pakistan's biggest weapons factory. At least 64 people were killed in the two suicide bombings on Thursday at the complex, just north of the capital. The Taliban said the bombings were in retaliation for a Pakistani military campaign in the tribal region of Bajaur, which has forced 200,000 people from their homes, according to the military.
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An Abkhazian police officer posed for a picture with a Russian flag after a demonstration in support of Abkhazia's independence in Sukhumi, the enclave's capital. Meanwhile, Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, offered some of the strongest indications to date that Russia would recognize the separatist enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Photo: Olga Kravets/European Pressphoto Agency

Russian snipers reacted to a Georgian demonstration at a checkpoint in Igoeti, a village near Tbilisi, Georgia's capital. Russia gave conflicting signals on Thursday about whether it would withdraw its troops from Georgia by its self-imposed deadline of Friday, while Georgia's president said he saw "very little, if any, movement" of Russian troops from occupied areas.
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Jordanian policemen & women show their skills during training at an academy in the town of al-Muwaqar, some 70 kms south of Amman, on August 21, 2008. The academy was recently established and trains both female and male police officers from all over Jordan. New members of the Iraqi, Palestinian and Afghanistan police are also trained here.

Russian soldiers give bread to a Georgian woman near the village of Igoeti, Georgia.

the first Russian navy ship in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol as it returns from its operation at Georgia's sea border August 22, 2008. The first Russian navy ship returned to base in the Black Sea on Friday from operations against Georgia. [/quote

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Russian soldiers sit on their military vehicles approach the Russian border as it drive through the northern part of breakaway South Ossetia August 23, 2008.

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Russian tanks approach the Russian border as they drive through the northern part of breakaway South Ossetia August 23, 2008.

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Udo Voigt, leader of the far-right German National Democratic Party (NPD) attends a demonstration against a planned Hindu temple in the Neukoelln district of Berlin, August 23, 2008.

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German riot police detains a protester during a demonstration at the construction site of the coal-fired power plant of Hamburg - Moorburg August 23, 2008. About 750 residents and environmental activists gather to protest against the plans of Hamburg's government to build the Moorburg plant.

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Iraqi police stand guard behind alleged kidnappers in a police camp in Bayaa district southwest of Baghdad August 23, 2008. Police said, they rescued a kidnap victim and arrested two suspected kidnappers and a woman in al-Turath village in Bayaa on Saturday.

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An Afghan policeman is seen inside a destroyed house whom the Afghan government said was bombed by U.S.-led coalition forces on Friday in Azizabad district of Shindand, in Afghanistan August 23, 2008. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday condemned a U.S.-led coalition air strike his government says killed 76 civilians, most of them women and children.

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The casket of Zambia's late president Levy Mwanawasa is driven through the streets of the capital Lusaka August 23, 2008. Thousands of Zambians mourned Mwanawasa on Saturday when his body was returned home after he died in France five days ago.

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Soldiers fire howitzers towards the Muslim rebels' position in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines August 23, 2008. At least 48 soldiers and civilians and scores of Muslim rebels have been killed in the southern Philippines in a week of fighting triggered by the collapse of a peace deal, the government said on Saturday.

bd popeye · Aug 24, 2008

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A Georgian serviceman walks in front of a burning fuel train with oil from Azerbaijan in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 24, 2008. The train exploded on Sunday on Georgia's main east-west rail line and police said it appeared to have hit a landmine.

Indian police officers stand guard during a curfew in Srinagar August 24, 2008. Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Indian Kashmir on Sunday ahead of a separatist rally, the latest in a series of protests against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region. In the past two weeks Kashmir has seen some of the biggest pro-independence demonstrations since a separatist revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in the region in 1989.

Soldiers patrol a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the border city of Ciudad Juarez August 22, 2008. More than 2,000 people have died this year in Mexico's drug war, mostly between rival gangs, in a fight for control of smuggling corridors into the United States. Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, has the highest murder toll of the country this year, with 867 killed, according to media. Picture taken August 22, 2008.

Federal police stand next to a car after four men were killed in a drive-by shooting in the border city of Ciudad Juarez August 22, 2008.

Soldiers guard a crime scene after a man was gunned down inside his shop in the border city of Ciudad Juarez August 22, 2008.

An armed member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front shows off a "Baby Barret" a rebel made scoped sniper rifle as they guard a press conference where their chairman Al-Haj Murad speaks Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008 in Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao province in southern Philippines. Muslim rebels urged the Philippine government Saturday to halt a military offensive that they say threatens the collapse of a yearslong peace process and an escalation of violence in the archipelago's troubled south.

Muslim rebels stand beside their flag as they serve as security during the press conference Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008 in Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao province in southern Philippines.

Heavily armed members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front serves as security, as Al-Haj Murad, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, unseen, speaks during a press conference Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008 in Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao province in southern Philippines.

bd popeye · Aug 25, 2008

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A Notting Hill Carnival performer dances in front of of two metropolitan police officers during the Notting Hill Carnival in west London, on August 24, 2008. First held in 1964 the Afro-Caribbean themed carnival sees community groups decorating trucks in order to be voted the best float of the event.

Indian police personnel arrest activists from The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) during a protest near The Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on August 25, 2008. India is home to more than 100,000 Tibetan refugees, including exiled spiritual leader The Dalai Lama and radical youth groups, and they have been protesting against The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games since an outbreak of unrest in Tibet on March 10.

An Iraqi girl speaks with a police officer in Baquba in this handout footage from the Iraqi police taken August 24, 2008. The teenage Iraqi girl, wearing a vest packed with explosives, turned herself in rather than go through with a suicide bombing in a violence-torn city north of Baghdad, police and the U.S. military said.

Iraqi soldiers make an inventory of confiscated weapons from residents during a raid in Baghdad's Jihad district August 25, 2008. More than 100 assorted weapons and munitions were recovered during continued raids and search operations in western Baghdad on Monday, police said.

Bangladeshi riot policemen walk past a burning vehicle in Dhaka on August 25, 2008, during a student protest. A Bangladeshi man died in the Bangladeshi capital as hundreds of students staged political protests at the city's university and set fire to vehicles, police said. Hundreds of students were involved in the protests with dozens of vehicles damaged, police said. The students, linked to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), were protesting over the detention of Tareque Rahman, the eldest son of former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia, police said.

Police try to clear roads after Hindu protesters burned tires to block traffic in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Hindus have been protesting against a decision by the state government to scrap plans of transferring land to a Hindu shrine

Members of the Guatemalan Army and firefighters unload from a helicopter in Guatemala City the corpse of one of the Americans killed in an air accident on August 24, 2008. The accident happened in El Puente village, Cabanas municipality, Zacapa department, 125 kilometers east of Guatemala City, where at least ten out of 14 tourists died when the aircraft crashed for unknown reasons, according to Army colonel Ortega. Five of the tourists killed were American and the other five Guatemalan.

Taiwanese soliders prepare for a drill marking the 50th anniversary of a battle with China in Kinmen on August 24, 2008.

Taiwanese soliders handle a cannon at a drill marking the 50th anniversary of a battle with China in Kinmen on August 24, 2008. Kinmen is a constant reminder of lingering hostility between Taiwan and China, which split in 1949 after a civil war. The Chinese People's Liberation Army fired more than 470,000 shells on the tiny Kinmen island and several other islets in a 44-day artillery bombardment beginning on August 23, 1958.

French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sits on the top of their armoured vehicle as they prepare to go for a patrol in Kabul on August 25, 2008. Ten French soldiers were killed and 21 wounded in the deadliest ground battle for international soldiers that arrived in Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime in 2001 and root out other extremists.

As Russian tanks and troops swept along main highways out of Georgia on Friday, Georgian police officers waited for a road to be reopened near Gori. While Russia pulled back from most of what it considers to be Georgian territory, and quit the main cities it had occupied, it is likely to maintain a longterm presence in the disputed enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and control of the country's main roads.
Photo: Sergei Grits/Associated Press

A Tibetan exile is detained by Indian police during a protest near the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India.

Guards line the Olympic Green as fire works explode as part of the closing ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

A guard stands at attention out side the stadium as fireworks explode over the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during closing ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near barbed wires and tin wall set up as a barricade during curfew in Srinagar, India.

A protester shouts slogans against Jammu and Kashmir state leaders during a protest in Jammu, India. The protest was against a decision by the state government to scrap plans of transferring land to a Hindu shrine

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