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Series of blasts rock Islamabad
Rocket attacks on US missions
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 — Unidentified attackers fired at least seven rockets from three parked cars in an abortive attempt to blow up the US Embassy, United Nations offices and a US cultural centre here, which missed targets and exploded nearby.

A Pakistani army man stands near a burnt vehicle from which rockets were fired near the US Embassy in Islamabad on Friday.
A Pakistani army man stands near a burnt vehicle from which rockets were fired near the US Embassy in Islamabad on Friday. Unknown attackers fired rockets near the embassy and other official buildings. — AP/PT
South African President Thabo Mbeki welcomes Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
South African President Thabo Mbeki welcomes Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at the start of CHOGM in Durban on Friday. — PTI		 CHOGM profile changing
Focus on democracy at Durban
From Hari Jaisingh
DURBAN, Nov 12 — The historic Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) got going at the International Convention Centre here today in a businesslike manner but amidst plenty of colour provided by South Africa’s gorgeous folk dancers and drummers.
Pak suspended from C'wealth indefinitely
No anxious moments for Indian diplomats
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Digvijay orders probe
Admits lapse in security
DAMTAL (Kangra), Nov 12 — Lack of coordination among the security forces of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab resulted in one of the worst train blasts here last night, leaving at least 12 dead and 51 injured.		 Handiwork
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ultras,
says
DGP
Red alert sounded in Himachal List of casualties
To our readers
Orissa cyclone relief: an appeal

Next to manpower, Orissa needs money to rebuild life brick by brick. Millions of rupees are required to reconstruct the ruined huts and vanished roads. We appeal to the readers to rise to the occasion
No trace of Pak troop pullout
CHANDIGARH, Nov, 11 -- Even a month after Pakistan military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf stated that Pakistani formations deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border would be withdrawn, there are still no signs of any major de-induction of troops from across the border.
Congress snaps ties with RJD
NEW DELHI, Nov 12 — The Congress today decided to snap ties with the Rashtriya Janata Dal of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav in Bihar, putting an end to the relationship that grew and withered in a span of 10 months.
R.P. Gupta sworn in UP CM
LUCKNOW, Nov 12 — Mr Ram Prakash Gupta was today sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.


May 18 cyclone leaves trail
of drought in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: Cyclones originate mostly in the Bay of Bengal and seldom in the Arabian Sea. On May 18 this year, one of the rarest of rare cyclonic depressions developed off the Saurashtra coast. Coastal Gujarat escaped the fury of a cyclonic storm as the wind direction changed and the cyclone crossed over into Pakistan.


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