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			<title>Farooq Prefers Mandela as Facilitator for J&amp;K Talks</title>
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			<description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;05 Jul 03&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;NEW DELHI.&lt;/STRONG&gt; In a sharp break from a long-held Indian position, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has suggested that South African leader Nelson Mandela could act as a facilitator between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir question, which, he said, was the &apos;core&apos; issue...&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Former Prime Minister I. K. Gujral and Congress MP Natwar Singh, who also participated in the programme, however, completely disagreed with Abdullah.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;They said that there was no question of any third party mediation, a stand consistently taken by India. [&lt;A href=&quot;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;EM&gt;The Times of India&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
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