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'Hurriyat ready to review decision on elections'

By Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR JULY 29. The All-Party Hurriyat Conference is ready to reconsider its decision on poll boycott if there are steps to normalise the situation and the elections are held under the supervision of international observers.

The Hurriyat leader, Moulvi Abbas Ansari, said that elections held in such a manner could be a step forward in choosing the representatives of people as indicated by the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell. His suggestion for releasing political prisoners, including the three senior Hurriyat leaders — Syed Ali Geelani, Yasin Malik and Sheikh Abdul Aziz — could help make headway. "When they are out, we will sit together and review our decision,'' he said. He welcomed Gen. Powell's suggestion for international observers and said "he meant to choose real representatives of people''. But India has not responded positively.

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