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 | CPM
        congress: Debate on '96 'blunder'
        today EMS NAGAR
        (CALCUTTA), Oct 8  Was the CPM politburo's decision
        in 1996 to spurn the suggestion that Mr Jyoti Basu be
        made the Prime Minister a "historic blunder",
        as Mr Basu himself has described it? Three hours have
        been set aside for tomorrow, the penultimate day of the
        16th party congress, to debate this issue.
 
 
 
            
                | Missing
                kids 'sent' to PoK SRINAGAR,
                Oct 8  A number of children have been
                reported missing from several parts of Jammu and
                Kashmir and are believed to have been sent across
                the India-Pakistan border to be trained as
                terrorists.
 |  |  Sonia
        puts off Punjab visit fifth timeAMRITSAR,
        Oct 8  The fifth postponement of the visit of Ms
        Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress, to the
        holy city in less than 11 days has baffled the Congress
        leadership here.
 Bhandari
        for President's rule in BiharNEW
        DELHI, Oct 8  Clouds of uncertainty again hovered
        over the fate of the Bihar Government with both the
        Governor, Mr S.S. Bhandari, and the BJP today asserting
        that the state was a "fit case" for the
        imposition of Presidents rule.
 
            
                | Two more Pak Generals quit ISLAMABAD,
                Oct 8  Two top Generals in Pakistans
                powerful military resigned today according to
                army sources.
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