Annan calls for restraint by India, Pak.

Something I've noticed... The Indian papers -- the Hindu especially, but also the Times of India -- use "Pak" for Pakistan an awful lot. I was wondering if this was a slur (remember when the President got in trouble for saying "Paki"?) but the Pakistan News Service uses it too. But I never see it in English-language news outside the Subcontinent.

VodkaPundit thinks that the two sides have too much to lose to get into a shooting war that could lead to a nuclear exchange, setting the odds at less than one in five. I hope he's right, but I'm not optimistic. I think it's more like 50/50.