(AFP report from New Delhi) US Secretary of State Powell Lowered his expectation of regaining diplomatic breakthrough when talking with Indian leaders as India and Pakistan exchanged fires again in the heavily-guarded Kashmir border.

• (法新社新德里电)美国国务卿鲍尔在新德里和印度领导人展开会谈时，降低了对南亚再次获致外交突破的估计；此时印度和巴基斯坦已在重兵把守下的喀什米尔边界再度交火。