41.  All topics are open for discussion, said Haq, but the big issue is the disputed Kashmir region.

42.  Artillery shells rained into Indian territory in the disputed Kashmir region Friday, scattering farmers who had returned to tend apricot orchards abandoned during weeks of fighting.

43.  Both India and Pakistan have amassed thousands of troops in the disputed region of Kashmir, where they have fired weapons and artillery at each other across the border.

44.  Both leaders, meanwhile, pledged their support in helping to end conflicts in Azerbaijan and the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan.

45.  Both countries have put troops on high alert as border clashes erupted in the disputed region of Kashmir.

46.  Both Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Musharraf reiterated last week that tensions over the disputed Kashmir region would not lead to a nuclear war.

47.  Britain urged Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to move swiftly to defuse tensions with India over the disputed Kashmir region.

48.  But India has rejected any discussions until Pakistan ends its alleged support for Muslim rebels fighting against Indian rule in the disputed Kashmir region.

49.  But Sharif said Pakistan would not relent on the thorny issue of the disputed Kashmir region.

50.  By late July, most of the Islamic fighters had been pushed back across the cease-fire line that divides the disputed region between India and Pakistan.