11.   Indian officials have said that restoring democracy to Kashmir would be an important step in bringing about a return of normalcy in the state and ending the Moslem insurgency.

12.   Islamabad denies the charge, but vows political and moral support for the Moslem insurgency, calling it a legitimate struggle for self-determination.

13.   Besides the two Britons, there have been a number of other kidnappings of Westerners in Kashmir since the Moslem insurgency began in the northern state six years ago.

14.   Chavan also slammed Pakistan for fomenting Moslem insurgency in the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir, over which India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars.

15.   Egyptian security authorities are already in contact with their counterparts in Algeria, also hit by Moslem extremist insurgency.

16.   The MILF and the government have been negotiating since January and hope to forge a formal peace agreement to end the Moslem insurgency in areas controlled by the MILF.

17.   Witnesses reported five pre-dawn rocket attacks in Srinagar, the hub of the Moslem insurgency in Kashmir, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.

18.   It is the third such incident to involve migrant labour since the outbreak of Moslem insurgency in Kashmir.

19.   New Delhi accuses Islamabad of backing a Moslem insurgency in the Indian-administered portion of the divided state, a charge Pakistan denies.

20.   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.