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            | Monday,
      September 13, 2004, Chandigarh, IndiaUpdated at 3:00 am (IST)
 
 India, Nepal vow to
        fight terrorNew Delhi, September 12
 Expressing determination to combat terrorism New Delhi today assured
        Kathmandu of further strengthening its security forces, including Nepal police, for curbing the Maoist insurgency.
        The assurance came from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the joint statement issued at the end of the five-day
        visit of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
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        Pakistan will never give up Kashmir: Musharraf
  Islamabad, September 12 Vowing that Pakistan will never give up Kashmir, President Pervez Musharraf has said he will convey his country's stand in this regard to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in "unequivocal terms" when they meet in New York later this month.
 Bangladesh cool to Indian list of 200 terrorist campsNew Delhi, September 12
 A high-level multi-ministerial Indian delegation is heading for Dhaka tomorrow afternoon for secretary-level talks at a time, when Indo-Bangla ties are none too good and Bangladesh has not responded to a long-pending Indian protest about more than 200 terrorist training camps operating in that country.
 
        
          | In
            search of peace How about a joint
            fight against terrorism?
 by H.K. Dua
 WHILE
            no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve
            dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign
            Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their
            significance.
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 2 CRPF officers, 2 militants killed in encounter
       
        
          | Srinagar, September 12Two Deputy Commandants of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and two militants were killed and five others injured in a night-long encounter at a camp of the security forces here today.
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          | A soldier in a pensive mood after two of his colleagues were killed in an encounter with militants in central Srinagar on Sunday.
            — Photo by Amin War 
  In video (28k, 56k) 
 |  PM postpones visit to J&KNew Delhi, September 12
 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has postponed his maiden two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir which was to begin on September 16, sources at the Prime Minister’s Office
        said.
 TN may follow 2-child poll normChennai, September 12
 Tamil Nadu will soon follow Haryana. The state plans to implement
        election rules first implemented in Haryana by debarring persons with more than two children from contesting elections.
 
          
            | Plane returns to save infant’s lifeNew Delhi, September 12
 An Indian Airlines flight on its way to Bangalore returned to Delhi this morning to save the life of a two-and-a-half-month-old baby in the plane, faced with a serious breathing problem.
        On being informed that the baby Mohanmmed Hassan was facing problems in
        breathing, Captain MPS Gill who was commanding the plane returned to
        Delhi and landed aircraft at the IGI airport at 8.06 am, airport sources
        said.
 
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            |  | Pak softening on Sir Creek September 12, 2004
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            |  | North
      faces power, water crises September 11, 2004
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            |  | Despite
      Left, govt may hike telecom FDI cap September 10, 2004
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            |  | India,
      Pakistan to continue composite dialogue process September 9, 2004
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            |  | Natwar,
      Kasuri promise visa-free travel to journalists September 8, 2004
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            |  | PM
      rules out China-type talks on Kashmir September 7, 2004
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            |  | Natwar,
      Kasuri hold positive talks September 6, 2004
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            |  | Ordinance soon to repeal POTA September 5, 2004
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            |  | 150
      die as commandos storm school September 4, 2004
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            |  | Fresh probe into Godhra fire ordered September 3, 2004
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