Kotamobagu, Indonesia: A police officer holds up a shattered shield against a protester who is attacking him with a sword during a protest by market stall owners see more photos at http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2012/jan/08/24-hours-in-pictures#/?picture=384136293&index=13 Rangoon, Burma: People try to catch money thrown by wellwishers during the Pagoda festival St Petersburg, Russia: Men dressed as [...]
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A new generation of resistance has chosen stones instead of Kalashnikovs as its weapon of choice [GALLO/GETTY] Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1991, the Kashmir Valley was in the grip of full-fledged insurrection. Hordes of young, Kalashnikov-wielding men roamed the streets and neighbourhoods of Srinagar, the capital, and the valley’s other towns like [...]
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Theses are just a few photos available at the Guardian site at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/apr/28/1#/?picture=374064091&index=0 If you go there there you can see more most are quite useful and good. They have a weekly feature of photos as well. Srinagar, India: Kashmiri schoolchildren run for cover as protesters throw stones at Indian policePhotograph: Dar Yasin/AP Misrata, Libya: An [...]
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