India lifts Kashmir curfew

08/10/2008 03:52:46

Authorities in India-controlled Kashmir have lifted a two-day curfew imposed to prevent a rally by Muslim separatists who are opposed to Indian rule in the region.

The separatists had urged residents to rally on Monday, in the Indian Kashmir summer capital of Srinagar.

But city authorities prevented the rally by imposing the curfew and detaining key separatist leaders.

Recent protests were triggered by a row over a government donation of Kashmiri land to a Hindu pilgrimage trust, and spiralled into anti-India demonstrations that left more than 40 Muslim protesters dead.

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