1.   Both nations want to control the entire Himalayan state, which strategically borders China and Afghanistan.

2.   India has long felt the bitter hurt of terrorist attacks on civilians in the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir.

3.   Pakistan and India have thousands of troops facing off across the cease-fire line in Kashmir, a Himalayan state that is divided between the two countries.

4.   A mild earthquake Friday hit the northern parts of this Himalayan state, the department of mines and geology said.

5.   Adhikari, who heads the first Communist government in the Himalayan state, has accused his predecessor from the Nepali Congress of tilting toward India.

6.   As always, the main dispute is over Kashmir, the Himalayan state claimed by both nations.

7.   Ballot counting began Monday for three other parliamentary seats in the Himalayan state of Jammu-Kashmir, where voting was staggered because of bad weather.

8.   Both India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the disputed Himalayan state of Jammu-Kashmir, which is now divided between them.

9.   Both nations have fought two wars over the northern Himalayan state that is divided between them.

10.   But businessmen all over the Himalayan state supported the strike call.