Word: abdullah
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...Omar Abdullah paid for the sins of his father and grandfather and the corruption in their governments. A surprise beneficiary from the elections is Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who insisted on a fair election no matter what the outcome. That put him at odds with his own Bharatiya Janata Party and Omar's National Conference, which is a partner in Vajpayee's ruling coalition. Vajpayee even declined to campaign in the state?which Kashmiris took not as a slight but as a signal that the Prime Minister saw the elections as part of a healing process...
...Meanwhile, the wholly unexpected results in Kashmir were a cause for optimism as a family dynasty crumbled?and a rare ray of hope shone from its rubble. The dynasty was that of Omar Abdullah,a fresh-faced 32 year old whose grandfather and father have controlled Kashmiri politics since India got its independence. Omar was supposed to rejuvenate the clan's National Conference party; if it won the election, he would have become the state's chief minister. When votes were tallied at a local convention hall (named after his grandfather) in Omar's intended constituency of Gandherbal last Thursday...
...newly hopeful Kashmir, there will now be a chief minister who does not belong to the Abdullah clan. Among the prime candidates is Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, a former Congress Party bigwig who formed his own People's Democratic Party in 1999. His daughter Mehbooba, 42, made the party a force by tirelessly campaigning for the victims of Kashmir's violence and?insisting that the decades-long impasse can't continue. "We don't have anAladdin's lamp," she told Time, "but we will provide a healing touch." Her fervor registered with Kashmir's voters, as even Omar Abdullah admits...
...Kandari's brother Abdullah expressed doubt during an al-Jazeera interview over the suggestion that his brother may have been acting on orders from al-Qaeda. Abdullah Kandari described how his brother, just before he headed to Falaika Island to launch his attack, had become angry watching the 9pm news on Kuwait TV, which had broadcast footage of Palestinians killed by an Israeli missile strike in the Gaza refugee camp of Khan Yunis. According to Abdullah, Anas had jumped to his feet and cried, "God is generous, O Americans! We shall come and slaughter you like you have been slaughtering...
...benefit of scholarships, Lehigh has consistently been able to recruit top-flight athletes, two of whom have gone on to long careers in the National Football League. Defensive end Rich Owens is currently in his 8th season, his second with the Kansas City Chiefs, while Bears running back Rabih Abdullah enters his 5th season in the league...