AT least eight people died when suspected Islamic rebel gunmen attacked two Hindu temples in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, police said, as rebels warned a new state government the long anti-Indian revolt was not dead.

A grenade was today thrown at the house of Kashmir’s new state leader shortly before he was to be sworn-in to the top job, police said.

Arabs demonstrated in their thousands across the Mideast today, sometimes clashing with police, against Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territories.

President Bush today widened his financial assault on terrorism, naming an additional 39 individuals and organizations to have their assets frozen.