NEW DELHI -- The rest of the globe is beginning to react to India's decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, with Russia becoming the first permanent member of the U.N. Security Council to back the move, which has otherwise garnered guarded responses.
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Large swaths of the Kashmir region have remained in a communications blackout since Aug. 5. © Reuters
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