41.   A protest strike called by Moslem separatists Friday crippled the Kashmir Valley, as Indian troops searched for a passenger bus hijacked by Moslem militants, police said.

42.   A series of baffling bomb blasts and arson attacks in the Kashmir Valley has sparked a bitter war of words between Moslem separatists and the Indian authorities.

43.   According to Moslem separatists in neighbouring Kazakhstan, hundreds of activists have been rounded up in Xinjiang since the launch of the three-month crackdown in mid-July.

44.   Abdullah is hated by Moslem separatists for his pro-India views.

45.   Abdullah, who was elected chief minister of Kashmir last October after campaigning on autonomy themes, promised to grant amnesty to Moslem separatists who turned in their arms.

46.   A strike called by Moslem separatists to protest a visit Saturday by Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda paralysed the troubled Kashmir Valley, police and residents said.

47.   A telephone caller, identifying himself as a spokesman for the group, said the explosion was staged to avenge the killing of Moslem separatists in the troubled state.

48.   An Indian official told AFP the turnout, despite intermittent rain and a boycott calls by armed Moslem separatists, was a victory for democracy.

49.   An official Chinese publication on national unity has warned of a growing threat posed by Moslem separatists in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang and neighbouring countries.

50.   An Indian minister called Saturday for international pressure on Pakistan for the release of four Western tourists held hostage by Moslem separatists for more than nine months in Kashmir.