41.   Seven separatist Muslim militants and an Indian army soldier were killed in separate encounters in troubled Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Thursday.

42.   Seven militants were shot dead in two separate overnight encounters in the southern district of Rajouri, a police spokesman said.

43.   The army, backed by counter-insurgency police, shot dead two more militants in a separate encounter overnight in an adjoining village.

44.   The Indian army and counter-insurgency police shot dead two militants in separate encounters in the southern Rajouri and Poonch districts, both bordering Pakistan-administered Kashmir.