31.   Tensions have escalated since then, and both sides are trading artillery fire at their disputed Kashmir frontier.

32.   The Line of Control refers to the disputed frontier in Jammu-Kashmir that divides the state between the two hostile neighbors.

33.   The stepped up naval moves follow more than a month of fighting between the rival neighbors along their disputed Kashmir frontier.

34.   U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shuttled between New Delhi and Islamabad earlier this week pushing for a halt to all artillery and mortar fire across the disputed Kashmir frontier.

35.   Indian troops were placed on high alert along the disputed Kashmir frontier as they traded fire with Pakistani forces for the fourth successive day Sunday, officials said.

36.   Indian and Pakistani troops have been on high alert along the disputed Kashmir frontier after trading fire for six days.

37.   Indian authorities accuse Pakistani troops of frequently opening fire along the disputed Kashmir frontier to provide cover for Moslem insurgents attempting to enter India.

38.   But the US State Department and Islamabad embassy officials recieved few assurances from Sultan Mahmood, prime minister for this side of the heavily disputed frontier.

39.   But the US state department and Islamabad embassy officials received few assurances from Sahibzada Ishaque Zafar, acting prime minister for this side of the heavily disputed frontier.

40.   Ecuador Thursday proposed a humanitarian truce along its border with Peru so that bodies of soldiers killed fighting over the disputed frontier could be collected and laid to rest.