11.   A spontaneous strike closed shops throughout this lakeside city of one million people, the urban hub of the Kashmiri Moslem separatist movement.

12.   No details were available from either side after four hours of talks in this lakeside Swiss city and a further two hours of debate over lunch.

13.   Srinagar, the lakeside city bloodied by five years of Moslem insurgency, presented a festive air with colourful cloth banners strung across streets bathed in bright sunshine.