VANIER: Parts of China are on red alert as --</s>VANIER: -- a powerful storm makes landfall on the country's eastern coast. Typhoon Lekima has battered the region with heavy rains and winds of 175 kilometers per hour. That is equivalent to a category 2 hurricane. The downpour has flooded the streets of some coastal areas, as you see here. Chinese officials have dispatched rescue teams and advised businesses and schools to close down as a precaution.</s>VANIER: A bit of a struggle between India and Pakistan over Kashmir continues. India asserted more control over the region this week and imposed a communications blackout there to stifle protests. But as CNN's Sophia Saifi reports, protesters in Pakistan are making their voices heard.</s>SOPHIA SAIFI, CNN PRODUCER: I'm standing in front of Pakistan's national assembly and just down the road is India's high commission. Behind me are protesters who tell me that they have come from all over Punjab to give a voice to the people of Kashmir. I was speaking to a few of them and said they do not mind this rain. They do not mind blocking all this traffic in the very heart of Islamabad. They're telling me this they've come from all over the country to give a voice to the people of Kashmir because they feel that Kashmir needs independence. That's what they're saying. They say the government has to do more. If dialogue doesn't work and if it comes to a fight, they will be willing to fight on the ground. They say that Pakistan's independence was fought on the ground by these very activists and these are the people who are saying that they're going to continue to protest, continue to scream out to give a voice to the voiceless people of Indian-administered Kashmir -- Sophia Saifi, CNN, Islamabad.</s>VANIER: Running for U.S. president is a wild ride, especially when candidates converge at the Iowa State Fair. Up next, the oohs and ahs and stumbles in the race for voters in the U.S. heartland.
Pakistan Protests India's Actions in Kashmir