India may agree on liberals, but
sans Taliban tag
Hari Jaisingh
London, November 13
India may not be averse at some later stage to involving the liberals among the Taliban in the proposed broad-based government in Afghanistan but the immediate task is to send the militia regime packing from Kabul.

Blair to visit India in Jan
London, November 13
British Premier Tony Blair has agreed to make a formal visit to India in January next year, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said today.

• UK: end support to terrorism in J&K
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Mullah Omar taken to Gilgit
Bin Laden still in Afghanistan
New Delhi, November 13
Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammad Omar has been evacuated from Afghanistan and taken to Gilgit (northern areas) in Pakistan with the help of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), while the Mullah’s family and Osama bin Laden are still at separate places in Afghanistan, according to the latest classified reports received here.

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Voice recorder indicates crash was accident
Washington, November 13
US investigators today said initial information from the cockpit voice recorder retrieved from the wreckage of an American Airlines plane indicated that yesterday’s crash was an accident.
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• Mechanical failure likely cause of crash
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The Tribune wishes its readers a Happy Divali through this breathtaking view of the illuminated Golden Temple captured by Tribune lensman Karam Singh on the eve of Divali on Tuesday. The day also marks the commencement of the bicentenary celebrations of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's coronation in Amritsar.