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                                                                                         WORLD NEWS Wednesday 7 august 2019

























            Troops lock down Kashmir as India votes to strip its status



            By EMILY SCHMALL                                                                                                    ployed to the restive region
            Associated Press                                                                                                    amid fears that the govern-
            NEW  DELHI  (AP)  —  Indian                                                                                         ment’s  steps  could  spark
            lawmakers  passed  a  bill                                                                                          unrest  in  Kashmir,  India’s
            Tuesday  that  strips  the                                                                                          only Muslim-majority state.
            statehood  from  the  Indi-                                                                                         Tensions  also  have  soared
            an-administered     portion                                                                                         along  the  Line  of  Control,
            of  Muslim-majority  Kashmir                                                                                        the  volatile,  highly  milita-
            amid  an  indefinite  security                                                                                      rized  frontier  that  divides
            lockdown  in  the  disputed                                                                                         Kashmir between India and
            Himalayan territory, actions                                                                                        Pakistan.
            that  neighboring  Pakistan                                                                                         Hundreds of people in vari-
            warned could lead to war.                                                                                           ous  parts  of  Pakistan  and
            Prime  Minister  Narendra                                                                                           in its part of Kashmir rallied
            Modi’s  Hindu  nationalist-                                                                                         against  Modi,  burning  him
            led  government  submitted                                                                                          in  effigy  and  torching  In-
            the  Jammu  and  Kashmir                                                                                            dian  flags  to  condemn  In-
            Reorganization  Bill  for  a                                                                                        dia’s moves.
            vote by the lower house of                                                                                          Pakistan  Prime  Minister  Im-
            Parliament a day after the                                                                                          ran Khan said in an address
            surprise measure was intro-                                                                                         to  Parliament  on  Tuesday
            duced  alongside  a  presi-                                                                                         night  that  he  feared  the
            dential  order.  That  order   An Indian paramilitary soldier guards during security lockdown in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.6,   Kashmiri  people,  angered
            dissolved  a  constitutional   2019.                                                                                over India’s decision to strip
            provision,  known  as  Article                                                                     Associated Press  the region of its special sta-
            370,  which  gave  Kashmiris  people  of  the  valley  will  entirety,  although  each  of  in the Kashmir Valley were  tus, could attack Indian se-
            exclusive  hereditary  rights  understand  drawbacks  of  them controls only parts of  reacting  was  unclear,  be-  curity forces and that New
            and  a  separate  constitu-  Article  370,”  Indian  Home  it. Two of the three wars the  cause  the  Indian  govern-  Delhi could blame Pakistan
            tion.                        Minister Amit Shah said just  nuclear-armed  neighbors  ment  shut  off  most  com-    for it.
            “After five years, seeing de-  before the bill was passed.  have  fought  since  their  in-  munication  with  it,  includ-  “If India attacks us, we will
            velopment in J&K (Jammu  Kashmir is divided between  dependence  from  British  ing internet, cellphone and  respond,”  Khan  said.  “We
            and  Kashmir)  under  the  India  and  Pakistan  and  rule were over Kashmir.          landline  networks.  Thou-   will  fight  until  the  last  drop
            leadership  of  PM  Modi,  both claim the region in its  How  the  7  million  people  sands  of  troops  were  de-  of blood.”q


            Philippines declares dengue outbreak a national epidemic


            Associated Press             98%  more  than  the  same  said  that  starting  Tuesday,
            MANILA,  Philippines  (AP)  period  in  2018.  It  said  the  it  was  conducting  a  cam-
            —  The  Philippines’  Depart-  outbreak   caused    622  paign  to  focus  on  finding
            ment of Health on Tuesday  deaths.                        and  destroying  mosquito
            declared the country’s out-  Dengue  is  a  mosquito-     breeding  sites,  which  is  a
            break  of  dengue  to  be  a  borne viral infection found  primary means of contain-
            national epidemic.           in  tropical  countries  world-  ing dengue.
            The  agency  said  Health  wide.  It  can  cause  joint  Other  government  agen-
            Secretary Francisco Duque  pain,     nausea,   vomiting  cies,   local   government
            III  made  the  declaration  and a rash, and can cause  units,  schools,  offices  and
            to  improve  the  response  breathing  problems,  hem-    communities will join in the
            to  the  outbreak  by  allow-  orrhaging  and  organ  fail-  effort, it said.
            ing  local  governments  to  ure in severe cases.         In  South  Asia,  Bangladesh
            draw  on  a  special  Quick  While  there  is  no  specific  has  been  facing  its  worst-
            Response Fund.               treatment  for  the  illness,  ever  dengue  fever  out-
            It  said  the  Philippines  re-  medical care to maintain a  break,  putting  a  severe   In this April 30, 2019 file photo, Philippine Health Secretary Dr.
            corded  146,062  cases  of  person’s fluid levels is seen  strain  on  the  country’s  al-  Francisco  Duque  III  displays  a  graph  showing  the  decline  of
            dengue     from    January  as critical.                  ready overwhelmed medi-      the measles outbreak in the country during a press conference
            through  July  20  this  year,  The  Department  of  Health  cal system.q              during World Immunization Week 2019 in Manila, Philippines.
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