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Kashmiri lawmaker Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid (C) along with supporters shout slogans as they hold torches during a demonstration against the Minister of State for Education Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed in Srinagar on January 31, 2012. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has...

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Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah watches proceedings during the inauguration of the 56th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), in New Delhi on October 22, 2011. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the slowing economy but emphasised...

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (L) looks on as a man is led away by a military personnel after Congress party legislators shouted anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) right-wing party slogans inside State Legislative Assembly during a nine-day session in Srinagar on...

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Omar Abdullah, Kashmir's chief minister, speaks at a function to mark India's independence day celebrations in Srinagar August 15, 2011.

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Kashmir's chief minister Omar Abdullah (R) lays a wreath on graves at Mazar-e-Shohda (Martyr's graveyard) in Srinagar on July 13, 2011, during a ceremony held to mark the 80th anniversary of Kashmiris slain by the army of a Hindu king. Authorities in Indian Kashmir deployed thousands...

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Srinagar on June 22, 2011. The chief minister said that he was content to see a peaceful summer and would do all required to maintain it and avoid confrontation with the opposition. The Kashmir valley has...

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Police officers arrive to give a guard of honor to Indian Jammu-Kashmir state chief minister Omar Abdullah during the reopening of the state's winter capital at the civil secretariat in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Srinagar, is the summer capital.

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Police officers relax as they prepare to give a guard of honor to Indian Jammu-Kashmir state chief minister Omar Abdullah during the reopening of the state's winter capital at the civil secretariat in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Srinagar, is the summer capital.

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Kashmir's chief minister Omar Abdullah (L, front) inspects a guard of honour at the civil secretariat complex on the first day of the Darbar Move in Srinagar May 9, 2011. The civil secretariat, which houses the office of the chief minister and his colleagues, reopened in Srinagar, the...

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Kashmir's chief minister Omar Abdullah arrives at the civil secretariat complex on the first day of the Darbar Move in Srinagar May 9, 2011. The civil secretariat, which houses the office of the chief minister and his colleagues, reopened in Srinagar, the summer capital of...

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Indian women police form a chain across a road to stop a protest march by the workers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kashmir's main opposition political party, in Srinagar October 13, 2011. Indian police in Srinagar on Thursday stopped a protest march of PDP workers who were...

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A worker of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kashmir's main opposition political party, reacts as she and other workers are stopped by the Indian police during a protest march in Srinagar October 13, 2011. Indian police in Srinagar on Thursday stopped a protest march of PDP workers...

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Workers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kashmir's main opposition political party, hold a burning effigy representing chief minister Omar Abdullah, during a protest march in Srinagar October 13, 2011. Indian police in Srinagar on Thursday stopped a protest march of PDP workers...

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Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah addresses a press conference in the State Legislative Assembly in Srinagar on October 3, 2011. Omar said he has 'no hesitation' in presenting himself before a judicial inquiry that is to go into the death of a National Conference worker...

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Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addresses a press conference in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, salutes during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. India marked 64th anniversary of independence from British rule.

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks during celebrations marking India's Independence Day at The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on August 15, 2011. A strike, sponsored by both hardline and moderate factions of the Kashmiri's main separatist alliance, cleared the streets of...

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Supporters of the National Conference (NC), the oldest political party in Kashmir, chant slogans to respond to a point raised by unseen party president and chief minister designate Omar Abdullah during a public speech in capital Srinagar on December 31, 2008. Omar arrived to a warm...

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Members of Kashmiri Economic Alliances (KEA) shouts anti-government slogans as they are detained by police for trying to march towards the office of the State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar August 8, 2011. The KEA were protesting against the government's "anti-trader" policies...

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A Kashmiri female worker of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kashmir's main opposition political party, beats a burning effigy of Jammu and Kashmir state government during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Indian police in Srinagar on Thursday stopped a protest...

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A Kashmiri female worker of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kashmir's main opposition political party, scuffles with Indian police women after she along with others were stopped during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Indian police in Srinagar on Thursday...

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Activists from The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kashmir's main opposition political party scuffle with Indian police officials while shouting anti-government slogans during a protest in Srinagar on October 13, 2011. Hundreds of PDP activists took to streets demanding the resignation...

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Activists from The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kashmir's main opposition political party burn an effigy representing the state government while shouting anti-government slogans during a protest in Srinagar on October 13, 2011. Hundreds of PDP activists took to streets demanding the...

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Indian policemen block the road towards the historic Lal Chowk as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti along with party activists march towards the monument in Srinagar on October 5, 2011. Hundreds of PDP activists along with legislators and leaders led by party...

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addressing her supporters as they shout anti-goverment slogans in Srinagar on October 5, 2011. Hundreds of PDP actitists along with legislators and leaders led by party President Mehbooba Mufti took to streets against mysterious...