Defence plan for civilians
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to train and equip residents along the Line of Control in all the regions to face the crisis arising out of the constant Pakistani shelling. This decision to this regard was taken following the Pakistani shelling on Monday.
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The influential Buddhist "Mahasangha" of Sri Lanka split vertically with a section of its member monks coming out in support of President Chandrika Kumaratunga's peace package which aims at granting political and administrative autonomy to Tamils.
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