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Focuses on the environmental and political effects of nuclear weapons testing in South Asia. Lingering hostilities between Pakistan and India that have prompted the tests; Aesthetic beauty of Kashmir, India; The 50 year-old territorial dispute; Warnings of Ahmed Shah Geelani, an Islamic political leader in Srinagar, India; Comparison of the military strengths of both nations. INSET: Kashmir's troubled history.

Focuses on the diplomatic role of the United States in a dispute between Pakistan and India over the ownership of Kashmir. Character of the relations between these countries following a U.S.-led war against Afghanistan; Possible consequences of U.S. intervention in this dispute; Comparison between the U.S. role in this dispute and in that between Israel and Palestine.

Focuses on the role of the United States in controlling conflict between Pakistan and India, which has escalated since a December 2001 suicide attack on the Indian Parliament. History of the conflict between the two nations; Suspicion behind either the Lashkar-i-Tayyaba or Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist groups for committing the attacks; Roles of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in preventing this conflict from escalating into war.

Comments on disintegrating relations between India and Pakistan and the role the United States could play in resolving the dispute.

Focuses on the tensions between India and Pakistan, in light of a terrorist attack on Indian soil and the Kashmir separatist situation.

Discusses relations between Pakistan and India, in light of attacks on the Indian Parliament which India believes were orchestrated by Islamic militant groups in Kashmir. Accusations concerning the role of the Pakistani Interservices Intelligence in the attack; Deaths resulting from the attacks.

Discusses the outlook for relations between the United States and India. Idea that the improvement of relations between the countries has been delayed as the U.S. attempts to improve relations with Pakistan, in light of terrorist attacks on the U.S.; View that securing positive relations with Pakistan will pave the way for U.S. military action in Afghanistan.

Discusses how motion pictures in India and Pakistan reflect how the two countries view each other. View that films may be indicators of public attitudes on both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border; View that it is likely that more war films will be created; Discussion of censorship rules which have allowed many Indian films to specifically name Pakistan as an instigator of trouble.

Comments on summit talks between India and Pakistan, the cold war which exists between the two countries, and discussion of the province of Kashmir, which is coveted by Pakistan.

Editorial. Comments on relations between India and Pakistan over the territory of Kashmir, in light of a summit meeting between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.

Discusses the foreign relations between India and the United States. Idea that China views India's growing military as a threat; Discussion of U.S. influence in Asia; Meeting between U.S. president George W. Bush and Indian foreign minister and defense minister Jaswant Singh.

Presents world news briefs as of February 5, 2001, including renewed relations between Pakistan and India as a result of an earthquake in India.

Discusses the outlook for the relations between India and Pakistan, concerning the dispute over Kashmir. Interference of Islamic groups in negotiations for a settlement for Kashmir; Idea that jihad will continue throughout the process.

Reports on the dispute between India and Pakistan concerning the Kashmir region. Ceasefire announced by the Indian government of prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, in light of Ramadan; History of the dispute and relations between the countries; Outlook for peace in the region.

Focuses on the importance of a trip by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to Washington, D.C. where he will meet with United States officials such as presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush. Previous visit to India by US President Bill Clinton; Relations between India and Pakistan; India's desire for permanent membership on the United Nations (UN) Security Council.

Discusses international concerns regarding the agenda of Pakistani general Pervez Musharraf who was installed as the leader of Pakistan in a bloodless coup. Musharraf's claim to be a reformer; Relations between Pakistan and India; Concerns related to the testing of nuclear weapons by both countries; Conflict which has arisen over the Indian region of Kashmir.

Reports on developments which may lead to the end of a war in the Kashmir province of India. Agreement of Indian government to declare cease-fire and enter dialogue with the Hizbul Mujahideen opposition military group; Desire of residents for Kashmir to be independent of India; Islamic majority in Kashmir; Outlook for relations between India and Pakistan.

Editorial. Focuses on the visit of United States President Bill Clinton to Pakistan and India, and whether this visit will offer the two countries an opportunity to further the peace process.

Editorial. Focuses on United States President Bill Clinton's trip to the feuding India and Pakistan and efforts to disarm nuclear weapons.

Focuses on the role of the United States in creating policy to relieve tensions between India and Pakistan.

Discusses the presence of nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan, two South Asian countries which hold great enmity for one another, and who may not fully recognize the complexities of a nuclear weapons enterprise. Examples of failure in crisis management between the nations; Relations between civilian and military control of nuclear weapons; The nuclear programs of the countries.

Concentrates on the tense relations between India and Pakistan following the hijacking of Indian Airlines as of January 10, 2000.

Offers international news briefs as of August 16, 1999. How India and Pakistan celebrated their 52nd Independence Day; How four Europeans were kidnapped by drug traffickers in Iran; Attacks on Serbs and peace-keepers in Kosovo; Others.

Focuses on how the downing of a Pakistani reconnaissance plane in August 1999 by India continues more than a year of escalating hostility. Suggestion of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that the United States brand Pakistan a terrorist nation; Details of how the plane was shot down; View that violations of airspace occur regularly between the rivals.

Focuses on Dilip Kumar, an Indian actor whose patriotism is in question due to the fight between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. How Kumar was born in Pakistan but is an Indian citizen; Questions of social stability; Concern of moderate Indians is an election season that will whip up patriotic sentiments at the expense of minorities.

Focuses on the conflict between India and Pakistan in the summer of 1999. How contrary to months of denials, head of the Pakistani forces said that soldiers had fought in the Kashmir mountains alongside Islamic mujahideen and that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was part of the plan to send troops to challenge India; Suggestion of analysts that the Pakistani withdrawal is not yet any kind of peace; Agreement of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani Nawaz Sharif to return to the peace accord.

Editorial. Focuses on how peace can be brought to Pakistan and India in the summer of 1999. Violation of the Kashmir Line of Control (LOC) by Pakistan-backed guerrillas; How peace will come as both countries recognize an overwhelming joint interest in regional economic development; Need for a negotiated answer to the Kashmir question.

Questions the future of India and Pakistan, while in a temporary truce, as of July 14, 1999. How neither is willing to regard a buildup or revamping as an arms race; That officials are not eager to discuss their nuclear weapons programs; How a large number of casualties and lack of preparedness by the Indian military will result in the purchase of new weapon systems; That Pakistan is not expected to make the same degree of investment in military spending.

Focuses on damage to the unique culture of Kashmir in the wake of constant fighting between Pakistan and India. The destruction of Kashmir's culture through division of the region between Pakistan, India, and China; The exodus of Hindus out of Kashmir, leaving a poorer educational system; Hope of Kashmiris that their Kashmiriat culture will not be lost forever.

Offers international news briefs as of July 12, 1999. How Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat agreed to recommit their governments to making peace; Details of a meeting between the top military commanders of India and Pakistan; How voting will begin in September for India's new Parliament; Congolese rebel leaders announce that there will be no cease-fire; Others.

Editorial. Offers the opinion that the continuous civil uprisings in Kashmir signal that the voice of the people should not be ignored and that they have never been asked what they want. India's official return of the bodies of three Pakistani soldiers killed in fighting on the Indian side of the Line of Control; Presence of Pakistani officers participating in attacks alongside the mercenaries in Indian territory; Argument for breaking the military deadlock on a bilateral basis.

Focuses on the changes in the war between India and Pakistan. How Major Raesh Seti and his Indian Army regiment surprised a group of fighters from Pakistan; How the Indian army appears to be on the offensive; How India faces a serious military problem; Concerns that Indian political leaders have that an attack could turn the international community against them.

Details India and Pakistan, the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir's border. Hope that the escalation of warfare in the mountains will give Kahmir's struggle for independence from India a boost by attracting international attention; Tensions between the population and Indian troops: Definition of `olive tourism'; How most Kashmiris agree that they have simply gotten used to themilitarization of their culture.

Editorial. Discusses the conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir as of June 9, 1999. History of the conflict going back to the partition of British India; Pakistan military alertness in the region; The latest outbreak of war in Kashmir underscoring the need to resolve the dispute; Possibility that Pakistan will accept India's offer to hold talks to end the fighting.

Reports that India accepted Pakistan's offer to negotiate over the Kashmir region, whose control has been in dispute for 52 years. How the conflict escalated with Indian airstrikes in the border skirmish after the discovery of Pakistani guerrilla soldiers in May 1999; Nuclear tests by both countries in 1998; The area being known as a stronghold for Shiite Muslims; Speculation that Sunni Muslims are fighting on the Pakistani side; Indian casualties; Possible United Nations Security Council intervention.

Editorial. Comments on the apparent arms race between India and Pakistan. The testing of an intermediate-range missile by India followed by a Pakistani missile test; Suggestion that the countries should enhance educational and economic opportunities rather than financing a nuclear contest.

Editorial. Discusses the peace between India and Pakistan. Why their steps toward peace are notable; The countries' nuclear arsenals; Summits between their leaders; Cultural exchanges and economic deals; Pakistan's attitude toward negotiation.

Discusses the summit between Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif in February, 1999. Reestablishment of a bus line between the two countries; Formidable obstacles to good relations between the two countries; Concerns about the status of Kashmir and nuclear armaments; Role of the United States in India-Pakistan relations; Political opposition and internal unrest faced by the prime ministers.

Analyzes the summit between Indian prime minister Atal Behart Vajpayee and Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif. India's recognition of Pakistan's right to exist as a nation; Importance of the summit in the South Asian diplomatic world; Agreement to talk about sensitive issues; Concerns about the risk of an accidental nuclear war; Reestablishment of the bus line between Delhi and Lahore; Reaction of US diplomats to the summit.

Editorial. Focuses on the summit meeting held between the leaders of India and Pakistan. Reason for strong support of summit from other world leaders; Reference to Earth's biggest peace dividends.

Editorial. Focuses on why there is an urgency to resume peace negotiations between Pakistan and India. Main reasons for the break down in peace negotiations; How a political crisis is exaggerating the problem; Efforts by Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to promote economic development in his country.

Focuses on the efforts of the foreign policy team in the United States, to help India and Pakistan solve their problems. Relationship between India and Pakistan; Need for the two countries to deal with the Kashmir dispute, in order to participate in the international community; Problems affecting the two countries.

Reports on the signing of agreements in Asia between China and India and the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan. Details on the agreements; How these events could have far reaching effects; What these agreements mean for the places themselves.

Discusses the first elections in India since 1986 to the Jammu, and Kashmir state assembly in 1996. Information on the war between India, and Pakistan over the Himalayan territory; Number of refugees living in camps in Azad Kashmir; Human rights organizations' documentation of human rights abuses in Jammu, and Kashmir; Examination of Chakoti.

Focuses on the intentions of India and Pakistan to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty if the international community will lift the sanctions it imposed on the two countries for their testing of nuclear weapons in 1998. Why the declaration of intent has not diminished the potential for violence between India and Pakistan; President Bill Clinton's cancellation of a planned trip to India and Pakistan; Actions the international community hoped the two nations would resolve.

Presents world news briefs for September 24, 1998. The continued flow of refugees from Kosovo, Serbia into Albania; How foreign diplomats are responding to the national elections in Bosnia; How leaders in India and Pakistan have authorized comprehensive discussions on all issues between the two countries; Why the government of India has instituted emergency rule in the state of Bihar; The continued resistance of rebels in Lesotho to efforts to end their mutiny; Other news.

Comments on how Pakistan is trying to internationalize the conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir. Why Pakistan wants third-party mediation for Kashmir; How Kashmir plays out in domestic politics; The lack of support from citizens of both countries for war over Kashmir; Possible outcomes of the situation in Kashmir; Violence in Kashmir in 1998.

Reports on the economic sanctions imposed by the United States on India and Pakistan for nuclear weapons testing in May, 1998. How aides of United States President Bill Clinton are requesting to lift the sanctions; Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbot's attempts to have both countries sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); Questions on the use of sanctions.

Examines the territorial dispute between Pakistan and India. The disputed border, a `line of control' - dividing the state of Kashmir between India and Pakistan in the Himalayas; Effects of the lingering hostilities on Villagers in the region of Chakothi; Skepticism over a quick resolution to the conflict; Nuclear capabilities of both countries.

Looks at the nuclear crisis in South Asia. Comparison of the South Asia crisis with the Soviet-United States four decade nuclear standoff; Principle elements that made a superpower stalemate feasible; Situation in South Asia that looks inherently unstable and may grow more so; Unilateral sanctions that are not likely to have much effect; Possible effectiveness of the major powers guaranteeing the security of both India and Pakistan against attack.