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Kashmir shuts down in protest as Indian PM visits
Oct 12 2008, AP

Shops, businesses and schools were shut in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Saturday to protest a visit by the Indian prime minister who inaugurated the first train line in the disputed Himalayan region.

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