Friday, January 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Bush assures Advani Musharraf will act within a week New Delhi, January 10 Home Minister L.K. Advani said today that he had told American leaders that India’s patience was running out as Pakistan had not taken any tangible action against terrorists during the past three weeks since the attack on Parliament on December 13. In video (28k, 56k)

Union Home Minister L.K. Advani and US Secretary of State Colin Powell at a joint Press conference outside the State Department in Washington on Wednesday.  — AP/PTI photo

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Powell to visit Pakistan on Osama hunt
New Delhi, January 10
United States’ Secretary of State Colin Powell will be in Islamabad next week to finalise the blueprint of a covert military operation to flush out Osama bin Laden and the top leadership of Al-Qaida and Taliban believed to be in the Federally Administered Tribal Area region of Pakistan.

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Bid to capture Indian post, 6 shot
Fernandes reviews security arrangements
Jammu, January 10
Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing and shelling in several sectors today at a time when the Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, was in Srinagar to review the security scenario at a meeting of the Unified Headquarters.
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