61.   Firing was heard Thursday around one of the main gates of the Indian parliament, witnesses said.

62.   Five heavily armed gunmen had stormed the Indian parliament complex on Thursday morning, killing seven people before they were shot dead themselves.

63.   Five security personnel and a gardener were killed Thursday in a dramatic assault on the Indian parliament by suspected militants, Indian Health Minister C.P. Thakur said.

64.   Fears of another conflict have not diminished despite a crack down by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the two militant groups accused of attacking the Indian parliament.

65.   The Pakistan government has also condemned the attack on the Indian parliament.

66.   The overflight ban was imposed after a suicide attack on the Indian parliament in December.

67.   The newly-elected speaker of the Indian parliament, Manohar Joshi, Saturday brushed aside concerns that he would be biased because of his rightwing political affiliations.

68.   The speaker of the Indian parliament Saturday asked new MPs to refrain from heckling and interrupting business, saying it affected legislation and cost the exchequer dearly.

69.   The tensions were triggered by an attack on the Indian parliament in December which New Delhi blames on two Pakistan-based militant groups.

70.   The rival nuclear-capable neighbors India and Pakistan have been on the brink of war since the attack on the Indian parliament.