Ghulam Mohammed Jan (R), candidate of the ruling National Conference
Party, speaks during the last day of election campaigning at the border
village of Sabjian in the troubled northern state of Jammu and Kashmir,
September 14, 2002. Twenty-six constituencies go to the polls in
Monday's first round of voting, which has been staggered over four days
to October 8 for security in the disputed Himalayan region at the heart
of a military stand-off and near war between India and Pakistan.
REUTERS/Kamal Kishore

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