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04-10-2004

Pakistani Journalists Arrive in India for Unprecedented Kashmir Visit

via www.voanews.com

A group of Pakistani journalists has arrived in India for an unprecedented visit to the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Indian officials say the delegation crossed the border between the two nuclear rivals Sunday at Wagah in India’s northern state of Punjab.

It is the first such visit since India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain in 1947. It follows pledges from both countries to ease visa restrictions…