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Pawar says Cong govt will complete full term

Kashmiri militants attempt to kidnap Israelis : 1 killed, 5 missing
NEW DELHI, June 27: Muslim militants tried to kidnap Israel! tourists from a houseboat in Kashmir, sparking a struggle In which one Israeli and one militant were killed, officials said Thursday, reports AP.
Two Israelis escaped with serious Injuries, but the Whereabouts of at least one other Israeli was unknown, the officials said.
One kidnapper was killed and two others injured when the Israelis snatched three AK-47 assault rifles and a grenade from the hands of their cap-tors, an Indian government official said in New Delhi.
He said eight Israelis wc/e on the houseboat, moored in a lake at Srinagar, the heart of the Kashmiri Muslim separatist movement. The whereabouts of five of the Israelis were unknown, he said.
But Giora Becher, the Israeli consul In Bombay, said he thought only one Israeli was unaccounted for.
"My information is that, unfortunately, one Israeli was killed and two are wounded and (another) one is missing,” Becher said. He said all four were men.
Becher said more than 50 Israelis were vacationing in Kashmir at the moment, most of them staying on houseboats. "It is not an organized group,” he said. "Hundreds of Israelis vacation in India at this time of year, and part of them visit Kashmir. Many of them stay on the houseboats, and only one houseboat was attacked." The Indian official, however, said five Israelis were missing after the attack..
'The information that I have is that eight Jewish tourists from Israel, who included two ladies, were kidnapped from a houseboat in Srinagar around midnight (1830gmt Wednesday),” the Indian official said.
The Israeli tourists tried to set themselves free from the militants. In the ensuing struggle, one Israeli tourist was killed and two were seriously injured. They are being given medical treatment," the officials said.
He said he had no further information on the Israelis identities. ,'
It was the first known killing of a tourist in Kashmir since the independence revolt escalated 18 months ago. Two Swedish engineers working on a hydroelectric project were kidnapped three months ago and are still being held by Muslim militants. The Swedes' kidnapping was claimed by the Muslim Janbaz Force, who have demanded the release of several jailed colleagues.-
A score of militant groups have been battling Indian forces in Kashmir. The identity of the group involved In the attack on the Israelis was not immediately known, but the Indian government official said the kidnappers were believed to be from one of the more fundamentalist groups.
More than 2,500 . people have been killed in Kashmir since the federal government launched a harsh crackdown on the armed separatists in January 1990, but the few foreigners still venturing to the area have been largely immune from the violence.
The hundreds of houseboats moored bn Srinagars lakes were once a favorite destination for Indian and foreign tourists who flocked to the Kashmir Valley in summer to escape the heat engulfing most of the country.
Now most of the houseboats are empty,’1 except for a few tourists, usually young people, who travel alone or in small, informal groups.
Israel and India do not have diplomatic ties. India, a founding member of the non-aligned movement of nations, supports the Palestine Liberation Organization and has refused to recognize Israel. However, Israel maintains a edn-sular office In the western metropolis of Bombay, and Indian and Israeli tourists often visit each other's countries.
Another reports from PTI: Sharad Pawar, the new Defence Minister, Thursday underlined the need to work collectively and was confident the Congress-I government would last its full five year term.
Talking to newsmen after being sworn-in as a Cabinet Minister at Rashtrapathi Bha-van, he said a new responsibility had been cast on him' at a difficult time. ,
Pawar, who resigned as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Wednesday, said it was all right to work at the state level but now one had to take the nation as a whole.
Asked if he was the number two in the cabinet, he said, "that is not Important what is important is to work collectively."
Replying to a question If the Congress-I Government would last its full term, Pawar said, "1 do not find any problem in this."
Asked about his stand that representation to Maharashtra in the cabinet was inadequate, Pawar said, "I have discussed this issue with the Prime Minister and I am happy after hearing him'. He did not elaborate.
On the election of his successor in Maharashtra, he said, "everything went smoothly."
He said the message carried by the Congress (1) observers that the decision should be taken at the state level and there was no question of sponsorship, "is a good sign."
The Defence Minister, Sharad Pawar, and the Minister of State for Finance, Rameshwar Thakur, soon after taking oath Wednesday called on Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence.
Pawar was accompanied by his wife, daughter and son in law