Monday, June 30, 2008

Riots rage in Kashmir

Protesters continue to riot on the streets of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir for the eighth day, burning tyres and vehicles and marching against what they called a government plan to build Hindu settlements in the country's only Muslim-majority state.

Thousands of police patrolling the region have been unsuccessful in quelling the riots, and businesses, shops and schools in the provincial capital remain closed.

A declaration from the state's top elected official on Sunday that his cabinet would formally revoke the plan also failed to subdue the protests.

Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, a prominent separatist leader, said the riots would continue "until we see the revocation in writing".

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