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The division of Kashmir

The origins of the crisis in Kashmir, the warnings ignored about 9/11, the arrest of the notorious terror suspect Carlos the Jackal and how Dr Seuss taught America to read.

The origins of the crisis in Kashmir, the warnings ignored about 9/11 and the arrest of the notorious terror suspect Carlos the Jackal. Plus the invention in a British back garden of the daily disposable contact lens and how Dr Seuss taught America to read.

Photo: Indian troops arriving in Kashmir in October 1947 (Getty Images)

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Mon 19 Aug 2019 23:06GMT
成人快手 World Service

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