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Pak suspended from Commonwealth
DURBAN, Nov 14 — Mounting severe pressure on the military regime in Islamabad, the Commonwealth Heads of Government tonight formally suspended Pakistan indefinitely from the councils of the 54-nation group in view of the military take-over there and warned of tougher measures if return to democracy in that country was not expedited.		 Children paying homage to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
NEW DELHI: Children paying homage to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary at Shantivan in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI

Sharif to appear before magistrate
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14 — Nearly a month after his ouster, Pakistan’s deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been formally arrested and shifted to Karachi to stand trial on charges of conspiring to kill military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf, treason and kidnapping which carry death penalty or life imprisonment, if convicted.
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UN curbs on Taliban come into force
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 — UN-imposed aviation and financial sanctions entered into force today against Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers for failing to surrender Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden for trial on charges of plotting the bombing of U.S. Embassies in Africa last year.

Afghan group owns up blasts
DHAKA, Nov 14 — A caller claiming to be from an Afghan-based Islamic militant group named Al-Jihad today said his organisation fired six rockets at the US and UN buildings in Islamabad.

Army faces new wave of terrorism
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 — Lack of intelligence inputs on the new trend of terrorism, which the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing in the post-Kargil war era, has put the Army on the backfoot with ever increasing number of casualties.

Jaswant-Talbott talks from Nov 16
External Affairs Minister Jaswant SinghLONDON, Nov 14 — External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott will hold their ninth round of talks on nuclear and security-related issues here from November 16.		 India ‘avoiding’ talks on Kashmir
Gen Pervez Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Nov 14 — Gen Pervez Musharraf has accused India of "avoiding" a discussion on Kashmir and termed New Delhi’s seeking deferment of the SAARC summit as "violative" of the SAARC charter.


Death stares at the living too in Orissa
ERASAMA (Orissa), Nov 14 — The dead are rotting and the living are on the verge of death in the cyclone-battered Erasama block in coastal Orissa. It is a gory sight in Erasama of Jagatsinghpur district, which alone has accounted for more than 8,000 of the over 9,400 deaths reported so far.


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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

 
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