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Journalists make victory signs while take part in a rally marching towards the Line of Control, which divides the Himalayan region, in Chinari, a small of Pakistani control's Kashmir, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. Pakistani police have stopped hundreds of journalists from symbolically trying to cross the highly militarized border into Indian-controlled Kashmir. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

Indian authorities bar opposition from visiting Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 7, 2016 file photo, India's then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks during a panel discussion at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington. Jaitley, India’s former finance minister and a key member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term in office, has died in a New Delhi hospital. He was 66. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley dies at 66

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Police officers stop journalists marching towards the Line of Control, which divides the Himalayan region, in Chinari, a small of Pakistani control's Kashmir, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. Pakistani police have stopped hundreds of journalists from symbolically trying to cross the highly militarized border into Indian-controlled Kashmir. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

The Latest: India’s Modi bars opposition from Kashmir visit

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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near a temporary checkpoint during lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. The latest crackdown began just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist-led government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and its statehood, creating two federal territories. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Security in Kashmir tightened following call for march

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Indiana governor plans business trips to Japan, China, India

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, a drugstore employee reaches for medicine from shelf in downtown Tehran, Iran. According to a study published in the British journal Lancet on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, researchers say a cheap daily pill that combines four drugs cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart failure in a large study, suggesting it could be a good way to prevent heart problems. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Cheap combo pill cuts heart, stroke risks, study finds

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Indian government announces steps to boost economy

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

An overloaded bus drives through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rains, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Monsoon rains have inundated much of Pakistan, leaving large parts of the southern city of Karachi underwater and causing some deaths. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani authorities evacuate 2,000 from flood-hit areas

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A screenshot of a patriotic music video on YouTube that appeared after India's Hindu-led nationalist government revoked the statehood of Kashmir on Aug. 5. The song is about a man who seeks a bride from Kashmir and wants to be the first to have his wedding procession travel from India to the disputed region. India’s 250 million YouTube users are seeing a flurry of new videos about moving to the territory to buy land and marry a Kashmiri bride. (YouTube via AP)

India’s ‘patriotism pop’ songs urge Hindus to claim Kashmir

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Kashmiri youth Gulam Rasool Bhat shows pellet wounds on his body inside his home in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The president of Pakistani-administered Kashmir welcomed efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to lower tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Himalayan region on Tuesday and warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis and food shortages in the Indian-held portion. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Malaysia bans Indian Muslim preacher from public activities

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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan speaks during a press conference at their headquarters in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. India has successfully launched a spacecraft into lunar orbit that aims to land on the far side of the moon and search for water. ISRO said Tuesday that it has maneuvered Chandrayaan, the Sanskrit word for “moon craft,” into lunar orbit. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian spacecraft launched last month is now orbiting moon

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The Latest: Trump speaks with India’s Modi about Pakistan

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A Kashmiri woman walks past an Indian paramilitary soldier who prepares to block a road with barbed wires during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Restrictions continue in Kashmir despite security ease

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Kashmiri Muslims hold placards and shout pro-freedom slogans during a demonstration after Friday prayers amid curfew like restrictions in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Hundreds of Kashmiris held a street protest in the Indian-controlled Kashmir even as India's government assured the Supreme Court on Friday that the situation in disputed Kashmir is being reviewed daily and unprecedented security restrictions will be removed over the next few days, an attorney said after the court heard challenges to India's moves. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Indian paramilitary soldiers inside an armored vehicle keep vigil during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended his government's controversial measure to strip the disputed Kashmir region of its statehood and special constitutional provisions in an Independence Day speech Thursday, as about 7 million Kashmiris stayed indoors for the 11th day of an unprecedented security lockdown and communications blackout. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The Latest: Spokesman says Trump spoke with Pakistan’s PM

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Pakistan's Mohammad Aslam shows a picture of his son Taimoor Aslam, who he said lost his life at the Kashmir border area called the Line of Control between Indian and Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry)

Hundreds defy restrictions, join protests in Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2019, photo, Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans during a protest after Eid prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Troops in India-administered Kashmir allowed some Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs to pray for the Eid al-Adha festival on Monday during an unprecedented security lockdown that still forced most people in the disputed region to stay indoors on the Islamic holy day. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Donald Trump urges Pakistan PM to talk to India on Kashmir

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was told by Beijing that a move to strip Indian-administered Kashmir of special autonomy was unacceptable. (Associated Press/File)

National sovereignty interests clash among world powers

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol near the India Pakistan border fencing at Garkhal in Akhnoor, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Jammu, India. Pakistan's prime minister assured Kashmiri people living in the Indian-administered part of the divided region that he supports them in their struggle for self-determination. In his statement Wednesday, Imran Khan condemned New Delhi's decision Aug. 5 to downgrade Kashmir's status, as he began celebrations marking Pakistan's independence day.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

India’s Modi defends Kashmir policy amid clash with Pakistan

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press