Laden now set to target Kashmir
Osama Bin Laden, alleged mastermind in the Kenyan bomb blasts, has asked his Afghan and Arab terrorists to gather in Kashmir for a major terrorist offensive in the Valley and beyond, The Sunday Times reported.

Army on Net to counter Kashmir flak
The Indian Army is now on the world wide web to counter more than 100 e-mail services and websites geared to ``internationalise'' the Kashmir issue. Launched on 20 August, www.armyinkashmir.com is updated every fortnight to counter what the Army calls propaganda on violence in Kashmir.

Military court to probe Lankan army debacle
The Sri Lankan army is setting up a military court of inquiry to probe what a Colombo weekly called the ``worst debacle'' in the protracted ethnic conflict.

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