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By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | June 19th, 2002 | Trackback

Travel to Kashmir has been risky for many years because of Islamic separatist activity and corresponding crackdowns by Indian security forces, but since May 26 India has been attacking guerrilla forces with jets and helicopters in mountainous areas near the Pakistani border. Pakistani leaders have offered to meet with their Indian counterparts to reduce tensions but so far India has rebuffed them. The two countries have fought two wars over Kashmir since their partition in 1947, and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that the current situation could spin out of control.





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India

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | June 19th, 2002 | Trackback

Last year India set heat records in nine of twelve months, and things are heating up again. Scorching temperatures have prompted authorities to order early summer vacations at schools all over the country, including in New Delhi. Some 150 people have died from sunstroke. Be prepared for intense heat if traveling in India before September, when the monsoon usually arrives to cool things off.





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