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Posts published in “Day: June 26, 2009

Endangered python spotted in AJK: by Tariq Naqash in The Dawn, June 26

MUZAFFARABAD, June 25: Wildlife officials in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are trying to find out the whereabouts of a ‘near threatened’ species of a python morulus sighted recently near here during the excavation of a tunnel of a power project. “We have come to know from reliable external sources that a python morulus was recently spotted during the excavation of the tunnel of Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project but there is no news as to what happened…

Suicide bomber kills 2 troops in Pakistani Kashmir: The Washington Post, June 26

By RYAN LUCAS, AP ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up early Friday near an army vehicle, killing at least two soldiers in the first such assault in Pakistan’s part of divided Kashmir, the military said, marking a possible escalation in the militant campaign against security forces. The attack took place in Muzaffarabad, the region’s capital. The military said in a statement three other soldiers were wounded and rushed to a nearby hospital. Although…