1.   Jiang ended his official talks in New Delhi on Friday by signing an agreement with India on troop reduction on the Himalayan border.

2.   Last August, China and India agreed to pull troops back from their contested Himalayan border.

3.   On Friday, Indian and Pakistani soldiers shelled each other across the disputed Himalayan border in Kashmir, Indian government officials said.

4.   Sino-Indian negotiations over their disputed Himalayan border have become stuck despite periodic meetings of the joint working groups that were set up to help resolve the differences.

5.   The market freefall followed intensification of cross-border shelling with India over the disputed Himalayan border region of Kashmir.

6.   The Indian aircraft fired on separatist guerrillas in the Himalayan border region on Wednesday.

7.   New Delhi contends that the number of rebels crossing the disputed Himalayan border has in fact risen.