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Do fake leaders’ poor ratings need to be faked?
September 24, 2000
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - A pro-government group has filed a
lawsuit against several public opinion agencies that reported
President Slobodan Milosevic trailing going into Sunday's crucial
ballot, state media said Saturday.
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Indonesia: on the threshold of many events
September 24, 2000
ATAMBUA, Indonesia (AP) - Militias surrendered hundreds of
weapons in violence-wracked West Timor Saturday, but Indonesia's
president accused security forces of not cracking down hard enough
on the gangs that recently killed three U.N. aid workers.
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Russian plane: latest challenge to UN sanctions
September 24, 2000
BAGHDAD (AP) - A Russian airliner touched down Saturday in
Iraq with a soccer team, musicians, businesspeople and medical
supplies aboard in another challenge to 10-year-old U.N. sanctions
that the United States and Britain are finding hard to keep firmly
in place.
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Taliban hang two convicted saboteurs
September 24, 2000
KABUL (AP) - Two men convicted of planting bombs in
the capital were hanged Saturday in front of a Kabul hotel, with
several hundred people watching.
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Cuban plane crash survivors recount frightening trip
September 24, 2000
KEY WEST, Florida (AP) - Ten Cubans fleeing their homeland in a
vintage crop duster lost their way to America over the Gulf of
Mexico and turned to God as their plane ran out of gas. Within
minutes, a speck of a cargo ship, the Chios Dream, appeared on the
horizon.
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Villages destroyed by assault on Sayaf kidnappers
September 24, 2000
TALIPAO, Philippines (AP) - A military assault on Muslim rebels
holding 17 hostages on a southern Philippine island has destroyed
several villages and sent more than 14,000 people fleeing from their
homes, officials said Saturday.
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Leaders of Japan & South Korea discuss security
September 24, 2000
ATAMI (AP) - The leaders of Japan and South Korea met
Saturday to discuss joint policy toward North Korea and ties between
their own countries, important trading partners kept apart by
wartime resentment.
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Russian media scandal
September 24, 2000
MOSCOW (AP) - Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov met Saturday with
Russia's press minister to discuss his role in a controversy
surrounding the prominent private media company Media-Most.
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Rebels spend time avoiding military troops
September 23, 2000
JOLO, Philippines, SEPT 22 (AP) - An American held hostage by Muslim
rebels said Friday they spend much of each day and night evading
thousands of pursuing military troops but otherwise he is in good
health.
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Suu Kyi's whereabouts unknown
September 23, 2000
YANGON, SEPT 22 (AP) - A top aide to pro-democracy leader Aung
San Suu Kyi has not returned home after he and Suu Kyi were
prevented from leaving the capital by train in their latest
confrontation with Myanmar's military junta, a source said Friday.
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Jewish settlers dominated by security
September 23, 2000
NETZARIM, Gaza Strip, SEPT 22 (AP) - In this isolated Jewish settlement, a
tiny dot in a Palestinian sea, traveling to schools and workplaces
in Israel means signing up for an armored convoy that leaves every
40 minutes.
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Indian PM says peace lies in strength
September 23, 2000
NEW DELHI, SEPT 22 (AP) - India's nuclear weapons program is based
on the tenet that peace and strength are compatible, and India's
security is crucial to Asian stability, Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee said in an article published Friday.
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Taliban lobbies U.N., U.S. for recognition
September 23, 2000
UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 22 (AP) - Afghanistan's ousted government called
Thursday for increased sanctions against the Taliban at the same
time the religious militia was lobbying the United Nations for
official recognition four years after taking control of most of the
country.
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Taliban denounce U.N. move to scrap anti-drug program
September 23, 2000
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22 (AP) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban
criticized the cancellation of an anti-drug program by a U.N.
agency, saying Friday that international help was essential to
stamping out opium production.
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Angola welcomes U.N.-led progress on staunching flow of blooddiamonds
September 23, 2000
LUANDA, SEPT 22 (AP) - Angola's rebel UNITA group has lost at
least 20 percent of its income due to international efforts to stem
the illegal flow of diamonds, according to the government.
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General strike paralyze life in Nepal
September 22, 2000
KATMANDU (AP) - Supporters of nine left wing political parties Thursday staged demonstrations in cities across Nepal to enforce a nationwide general strike.
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Defiant Suu Kyi says she will take train to Mandalay
September 22, 2000
YANGON (AP) - Security forces Thursday blocked both ends of a street leading to Aung San Suu Kyi's house, as her opposition party said she is ready to confront the military junta again if it prevents her from leaving the capital.
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Russian cosmonaut Gherman Titov,2nd man to orbit Earth, dies
September 22, 2000
MOSCOW (AP) - Gherman Titov, a towering hero of the Soviet-American space race, has died in Moscow at age 65, police said Thursday.
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Ex-husband of Princess Margaret divorces second wife
September 22, 2000
LONDON (AP) - Lord Snowdon, the photographer and former husband of Queen Elizabeth II's sister, Princess Margaret, has divorced his second wife Lucy after 22 years of marriage, according to court papers made available Thursday.
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Another Japanese City cuts friendly ties with U.S. Navy
September 22, 2000
TOKYO, AP - A second Japanese city is ending friendly ties with the U.S. Navy to protest noisy aircraft-landing exercises at a nearby airfield, news reports said Thursday.
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Suu Kyi says she will travel outside Yangon on Thursday
September 21, 2000
YANGON (UNB/AP) - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will
travel to northern Myanmar on Thursday to investigate government
restrictions on her National League for Democracy party, a party
statement said Wednesday.
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Yugoslav president bound for election rally in Montenegro
September 21, 2000
BERANE, Yugoslavia (AP) - President Slobodan Milosevic ventures
Wednesday to northern Montenegro for an election rally, uninvited by
the republic's pro-Western leadership, but relying on support from
many locals here who favor continued unity with Serbia.
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Ukrainian and South Africa sign cooperation agreements
September 21, 2000
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine and South Africa signed 10
cooperation agreements in the geology, transport, military,
educational, health and agricultural spheres, South Africa's Deputy
President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday.
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What Plane? Cuban plane incident ignored by state media
September 21, 2000
HAVANA (AP) - As the world awaited news on the nine survivors
aboard a small plane that was pirated out of Cuba, the communist
island's government for hours mentioned nary a word about the
audacious act.
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Independent medical team to examine Suharto
September 21, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - State prosecutors announced Wednesday
the formation of a 24-member independent medical team to examine
ex-dictator Suharto's health to determine whether he is fit enough
to stand trial on charges of massive corruption.
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Mandela's efforts to arrange Burundi cease-fire
September 21, 2000
NAIROBI (AP) - Efforts by mediator Nelson Mandela to get
Burundi's warring parties to sign a cease-fire Wednesday appeared
doomed, a negotiator involved in the talks said.
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Two French journalists escape from Philippine rebels
September 21, 2000
MANILA (AP) - Two French television journalists held
hostage by Muslim rebels for 2 1/2 months left the Philippines
Wednesday after crediting their escape to a military assault on the
guerrillas.
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Rebels, Russian troops clash in southern Chechnya
September 21, 2000
NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - The Russian military sent reinforcements to
pursue rebels in the southern mountains of Chechnya after a clash
that killed one Russian soldier and wounded eight others, officials
said Wednesday.
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Is Gore slightly up or is it a dead heat?
September 20, 2000
WASHINGTON, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - Two new polls on the presidential race point to a highly competitive contest.
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Parliament security could be tightened
September 20, 2000
BERLIN (AP) - Authorities were reviewing security precautions around the German parliament Tuesday after a man rammed his car against a glass entrance and tried to set the gasoline-soaked interior of the vehicle alight, a spokeswoman said.
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Intruder held in Vajpayee's bedroom in Washington
September 20, 2000
NEW DELHI, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - An unidentified Indian American was detained after he entered the bedroom of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his state visit to the United States, The Hindustan Times newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Government trying to whitewash Japan's history
September 20, 2000
TOKYO, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - A Japanese grass-roots group warned Tuesday that an increasingly softer portrayal of Japan's wartime atrocities in textbooks may send students down a dangerous path toward
neo-nationalism.
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Rivne nuclear reactor restarted after repairs
September 20, 2000
KIEV, SEPT 19 (UNBAP) - The only working reactor at Ukraine's Rivne nuclear power plant returned to full output after repairs on a generator, officials said Tuesday.
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Mining experts gather for conflict diamonds
September 20, 2000
PRETORIA, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - Mining experts from around the world gathered Tuesday in South Africa at the start of a three-day conference aimed at outlawing the trade in "blood diamonds," which
help finance wars across Africa.
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Barak rules out Islamic sovereignty over Jerusalem shrine
September 19, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Monday ruled out Islamic sovereignty over a key Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews, formally rejecting a Palestinian compromise proposal.
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Pakistan kills three Indian soldiers
September 19, 2000
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani troops repulsed an Indian assault on a border post in the disputed valley of Kashmir early Monday, killing at least three Indian soldiers and wounding 10, a
Pakistan army spokesman said.
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Flood victims face uncertain future
September 19, 2000
TAM NONG, Vietnam (AP) - Sitting under a ragged tarp alongside a road, Tran Van No huddled with a few precious possessions he managed to save before his house was swallowed by water: a bicycle, his pig, a few clothes.
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Cohen warns Indonesia of diplomatic backlash over Timor
September 19, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - Highlighting a growing diplomatic rift with Indonesia, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen warned President Abdurrahman Wahid on Monday of possible economic sanctions
unless army-sponsored militias are immediately disbanded on the divided island of Timor.
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Widow and deputy to lead Sri Lanka's main Muslim party
September 19, 2000
COLOMBO (AP) - Sri Lanka's main Muslim party on Monday chose as its new leaders the widow and deputy of Ports Minister M.H.M. Ashraff, who was killed in a helicopter crash during a campaign trip, said a senior party member.
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Opposition-minded journalist disappears in Ukraine
September 19, 2000
KIEV (AP) - The editor of an electronic newsletter critical of the government is missing in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, his publication and police reported Monday.
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Thousands of Filipinos flee military assault on kidnappers
September 19, 2000
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine officials appeared less certain Monday that all 19 hostages held by Muslim rebels were still alive after the third day of an assault by thousands of government troops attempting to rescue the captives.
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Palestinian leader backtracks on broken taboos
September 18, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - A senior Palestinian negotiator has backtracked
on the willingness to discuss ceding some West Bank territory to
Israel, a major taboo broken the U.S.-brokered Camp David talks.
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Jailed for spraying anti-Milosevic graffiti
September 18, 2000
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Three student activists were
sentenced to more than a month in prison Sunday for spraying
anti-government graffiti in the capital, as authorities' attempt to
silence opposition voices a week ahead of key Yugoslav elections.
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Floods a grim waiting game for Mekong Delta
September 18, 2000
TAN CHAU (AP) - For the residents of Vietnam's Mekong
Delta, this summer has been a grim waiting game, watching waters
creeping up to claim their farmland and homes in the worst flooding
in four decades.
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11 taken in for questioning in southwest France
September 18, 2000
BAYONNE (AP) - Eleven people, including a half-dozen
suspected members of a Basque separatist group, were taken in for
questioning Saturday night during a large-scale sweep by French
police.
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Police foil attempt to sell 1,700-year-old mummy
September 18, 2000
AMMAN (AP) - Police have foiled an attempt to illegally sell a nearly 1,700-year-old naturally preserved mummy, officials said on Sunday.
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Astronauts wrap up space station work
September 18, 2000
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts
wrapped up work inside the international space station on Saturday,
leaving the place "pretty homey" for the first permanent crew.
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China punishes clinics helping parents with sex selection
September 18, 2000
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities in southern China handed out fines and other punishment to 13 health workers who illegally helped parents learn the sex of their unborn children, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Republican George Bush continues 'bushism'
September 17, 2000
SAN DIEGO (AP) - George W. Bush promised U.S. war veterans that
as president he would press Vietnam, China and North Korea for
information on missing servicemen and then share the information
with families awaiting word on loved ones.
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Indian Prime Minister praises improvement in relations
September 17, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - India's Prime Minister praised the progress in
U.S.-Indian relations during his visit this week, agreeing on more
cooperative programs, particularly economic deals, but still he
refused to budge on nuclear issues.
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Myanmar opposition resolves to draft constitution
September 17, 2000
YANGON (AP) - Myanmar's democratic opposition declared
Saturday it would draft a national constitution, a sign that a
recent official crackdown against the party has not dented its
ambitions to end military rule.
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Saddam orders year-round military training
September 17, 2000
BAGHDAD (AP) - President Saddam Hussein has ordered his
party members to receive military training year-round in response to
rising hostility toward Iraq, newspapers reported Saturday.
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Crew installing treadmill at space station
September 17, 2000
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - The crew of the U.S. space shuttle
Atlantis began installing a special exercise treadmill aboard the
international space station early Saturday, one of their last major
tasks inside the orbiting complex.
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Qatar Airways plane hijacked
September 16, 2000
AMMAN, SEPT 15 (AP) - A man with a knife hijacked a Qatar Airways
plane en route Thursday from the Gulf nation to Jordan with 144
people aboard and ordered it flown to Saudi Arabia, where the
hijacker surrendered.
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No compromise over Jerusalem:Saudi Arabia
September 16, 2000
NEW YORK, SEPT 15 (AP) - Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia said there
can be no compromise over East Jerusalem and offered his country's
backing to Palestinians negotiating a final settlement with Israel.
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Alternative `national song' to accommodate Arabs
September 16, 2000
JERUSALEM, SEPT 15 (AP) - An alternative to Israel's national anthem, a
paean to Jewish longing for Zion, is needed to accommodate the
aspirations of the country's Arab minority, a highly respected
establishment figure said Thursday.
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Floods in Vietnam, Cambodia: more than 1 million people affetced
September 16, 2000
PHNOM PENH, SEPT 15 (AP) - Record floods in Cambodia and Vietnam
have affected more than a million people, with many made homeless
and needing food and other supplies, officials and relief agencies
say.
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Germany expresses concern about globalization
September 16, 2000
UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 15 (AP) - Germany is warning that with the Cold War
over, globalization could become the new world divide unless
development includes all.
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Wahid orders arrest of Suharto's son
September 16, 2000
JAKARTA, SEPT 15 (AP) - Indonesia's president Friday ordered
the arrest of ex-dictator Suharto's youngest son in a bid to end a
series a terrorist bombings.
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Public toilets matters at world meeting in Singapore
September 16, 2000
SINGAPORE (AP) - Public toilets will be the focus of attention
when restroom professionals meet with government and business
representatives in Singapore next year, organizers said Friday.
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Myanmar lifts security restrictions on Suu Kyi
September 15, 2000
YANGON (AP) - Myanmar's military government Thursday lifted security restrictions on democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and eight other opposition leaders who had been confined to their
homes for the last two weeks.
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Court asks independent to rule on Suharto's health
September 15, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - The corruption trial of Indonesia's ailing ex-dictator Suharto was adjourned Thursday after the court appointed an independent medical team to determine whether he is fit
to stand trial.
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Unpleasantly, it has come down to 'rats' & cats
September 14, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican commercial that subtly flashes the
word "RATS" across the TV screen is coming off the air amid
allegations the Republicans were trying to send a subliminal message
about Al Gore.
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Car bomb explodes at Jakarta stock exchange
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