CALCUTTA INDIA : Indian Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity Order take part in a prayer to pay homage to Pope John Paul II, in The Mother House in Calcutta, 03 April 2005. The nuns of the home founded by Mother Teresa house were joined by some hundred volunteers from the Missionaries of Charity as they held condolence prayers for the life of Pope John Paul II. India's president and prime minister joined Catholics across the country in expressing sorrow over the death of Pope John Paul II. AFP PHOTO

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR INDIA : A Kashmiri fisherman checks his catch inside a Shikara boat during sunset on Srinagar's Dal lake, 02 April 2005. Kashmiri militant groups repeated 02 April a threat to attack passengers on a bus service to be launched 07 April across the divided Kashmir region, despite a plea from a hardline separtist group to avoid violence. The threats are not expected to delay the start of the service, which has been suspended for more than 50 years. The bus, which will help reunite families separated in the Himalayan region, is scheduled to operate between Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir and Muzaffarabad, the administrative headquarters of the Pakistani zone. AFP PHOTO

AJMER INDIA : Pakistan's self-exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto (C) does some shopping 01 April 2005 in Ajmer, in India's western state of Rajasthan, where she came to offer prayers at the shrine of a revered Indian Sufi saint. Bhutto said she hoped to return to the country soon "after the return of democracy". AFP PHOTO