Indian army kills five militants in Kashmir gunbattle

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian soldiers killed five militants during an eight-hour gunbattle in a forest in one of the heaviest clashes in the disputed region of Kashmir in the past few months.The firefight took place in the woods around the town of Shopian, said A.G. Mir, Inspector General of Police in Kashmir. Muslim separatists have been fighting Indian forces in India's part of Kashmir since 1989.