Army and air force troops worked to rescue thousands of people stranded in Indian-controlled Kashmir and northern and eastern Pakistan, where flooding and landslides have caused more than 320 deaths.

Voting for the fifth and final phase of parliamentary elections in India began today.

Pakistani forces opened fire on Indian border guards before dawn today, an official said, adding that two of the Indian troopers were shot and wounded.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf today refused to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons, as efforts to bring him together with his Indian counterpart appeared to fail.