World IN BRIEF : INDIA : Security Tightened in Kashmir State

Eight bombs exploded in Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, and authorities stepped up security on the eve of the anniversary of an extremist leader’s execution. Police said Srinagar will be under curfew through today, the sixth anniversary of the death of Mohammed Maqbool Butt, a leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, which has campaigned against Indian rule. In Pakistan, meanwhile, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said her country does not want another war over the disputed region but will never compromise on the rights of Kashmiris to choose their own future. “We do not want war, and we do not want to create a war psychosis in the nation,” she told a specially convened session of her Parliament.