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Five-month old Kitiana McEwan wears a peace message on her vest as she is carried by her father during a peace rally in central London, September 28, 2002.

21 killed, four poll candidates escape assassination bids

Srinagar, Sunday (AFP)

Twenty-one people including 12 Muslim rebels and two Indian troops were killed in Kashmir, as four contestants in the ongoing elections here survived assassination attempts, police said. All four attacks on candidates occurred in Anantnag district, which will be facing the regional vote Tuesday in the third leg of Indian Kashmir's phased state elections which began September 16.
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