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South
Asia getting poorer except Lanka
June
14, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB)- The number of the poor is on the rise in the region, bar
Sri Lanka, for a lack of good governance and misuse of some of the funds
funneled into poverty programmers.
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Al-Assad
dynasty continues: Bashar firmly in charge
June
14, 2000
DAMASCUS
(AP) - Syria's heir apparent, Bashar Assad, met Tuesday
with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and vowed to pursue the
same policies toward Israel established by his late father.
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Finally
two Kims unite: Hope two Koreas will
June
14, 2000
SEOUL,
(AP) - The leaders of South Korea and North Korea
greeted each other for the first time Tuesday, clapping, chatting and
holding hands during a limousine ride into the North's capital
in a step toward ending the Cold War on the divided Korean Peninsula.
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A
Train hits another from behind
June
14, 2000
KARACHI,
(AP) - Two passenger trains collided Tuesday outside this southern port
city, killing two and injuring at least 11
people, many of them seriously.
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Israeli
- Palestinian settlement by mid-September
June
14, 2000
WASHINGTON,
(AP) - With a White House admonition that "time is short,"
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are resuming their sputtering
talks on an overall settlement that their governments pledged
to conclude by mid-September.
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Sharif
accuses Musharraf of involvement
in Kashmir
June
14, 2000
KARACHI,
(AP) - A day after accusing Pakistan's army ruler
of secretly orchestrating last summer's military confrontation in Indian
Kashmir, Nawaz Sharif demanded an independent commission Tuesday to hear
the evidence behind his accusation.
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US
government to pay for “Watergate” evidences
June
14, 2000
WASHINGTON
(AP) - After 20 years of hotly contested litigation, the
government has agreed to pay Richard Nixon's estate dlrs 18 million for
his presidential papers and reel after reel - 3,700 hours
worth - of secretly recorded tape it seized when he resigned in 1974.
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Traveling
between U.S-Cuba soars
June
14, 2000
WASHINGTON
(UNB/AP) - The number of people who flew directly from the United
States to Cuba soared by almost 50 percent last year as travelers took
advantage of eased restrictions aimed at planting democratic seeds on the
communist island.
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Gore’s
“Broken Promises Tour” to battleground states
June
14, 2000
TRENTON
(AP) - Vice President Al Gore was still putting
the finishing touches on the kickoff speech for his upcoming
"Progress and prosperity tour" when Republicans began heckling
it.
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Is
the US “a bully or an ally”?
June
14, 2000
MEXICO
CITY, (AP) - The United States: a bully or an ally? A partner or a threat?
Mexicans' conflicting feelings about their northern
neighbor have become an issue in the country's July 2 presidential
elections.
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NATO
absolved of war crimes in Kosovo
June
14, 2000
THE
HAGUE (AP) - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said
Tuesday it found no reason to investigate NATO for criminal activity
during its 78-day bombing campaign in Kosovo last year that killed nearly
500 civilians.
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Solomon’s
Prime minister threatens to resign
June
14, 2000
HONIARA,
Solomon Islands (AP) - The prime minister of the Solomon Islands
said Tuesday that he would resign despite fears that quitting would ignite
a new round of rebel fighting that could splinter this South Pacific
nation.
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Tavern
brawl kills Political activist
June
14, 2000
HARARE,
ZIMBABWE (AP) - Political violence claimed another life, this
one in a tavern brawl, police said Tuesday.
Police
spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said a ruling party supporter was
stabbed in the chest after refusing to take off a party T-shirt in a bar
in Chivi, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Harare on
Sunday.
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THIS
DAY ,THAT YEAR
June
13, 2000
JUNE
12 (AP) – Today is Sunday, June 18,
the 170th day of 2000. There are 196 days
left in the year.
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Tavern
brawl kills Political activist
June
14, 2000
HARARE,
ZIMBABWE (AP) - Political violence claimed another life, this
one in a tavern brawl, police said Tuesday.
Police
spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said a ruling party supporter was
stabbed in the chest after refusing to take off a party T-shirt in a bar
in Chivi, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Harare
on
Sunday.
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Israel
in favor of uncrowned “Crown Prince”
June
13, 2000
JERUSALEM,
JUNE 12 (AP) - Israeli defense officials anticipate a smooth transition
of power in Syria, believing that the late Syrian President Hafez Assad
secured his son's succession before dying last week.
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Ethnic
Clash Kills Several People
June
13, 2000
PATNA,
India, JUNE 12 (AP) - Attackers armed with guns raided a village in eastern
India, shooting and killing at least 10 people who were considered members
of the upper caste, police said Monday.
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Muslim-Christian
Clash in Indonesia
June
13, 2000
JAKARTA,
JUNE 12 (AP) - At least six people, including two police
officers, were killed Monday in fresh Muslim-Christian fighting in Maluku,
a strife-torn province in eastern Indonesia, officials and witnesses said.
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AIDS
possibility Costs Job
June
13, 2000
TOKYO,
JUNE 12 (AP) - A court on Monday ordered a company and a hospital to
pay damages to a Brazilian of Japanese descent for invading his privacy by
conducting an HIV test, disclosing the results without permission and then
firing him from his job.
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Anwar's
lawyers have to wrap up
June
13, 2000
KUALA
LUMPUR, JUNE 12 (AP) - A High Court judge on Monday ordered
lawyers for jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim to wrap up their case
despite angry protests from the defense team that it had not exhausted its
list of witnesses or completed arguments.
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US
Trial System “Seriously flawed”
June
13, 2000
WASHINGTON,
JUNE 12 (AP) - Two-thirds of death penalty cases in the United States
that were appealed from 1973 through 1995 were successful, report
researchers who contend the nation's capital punishment system is
"collapsing under the weight of its own mistakes."
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Environment
: Meeting on Bio-diversity
June
13, 2000
SINGAPORE,
JUNE 12 (AP) - More than 40 senior public and private sector representatives
from Asia, Europe and the United States will meet in Singapore later this
year to discuss environmental preservation in the Asia-Pacific, conference
organizers said Monday.
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Speight
Escapes injury in Fiji
June
13, 2000
SUVA,
JUNE 12 (AP) - Soldiers opened fire Monday on a car carrying coup
leader George Speight, putting bullet holes in the side but missing the
rebel boss who holds 31 people hostage in Fiji's parliament.
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Chechnian
Suicide Squad Strikes Back
June
13, 2000
NAZRAN,
Russia, JUNE 12 (AP) - Two Russian policemen were killed and one was
wounded when a suicide bomber set off an explosive in the trunk of his car
when he was stopped at a roadblock, the military command said Monday.
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Finally
Both Koreans meet
June
13, 2000
SEOUL,
JUNE 12 (AP) - One year ago, a clash between warships symbolized
the volatility between South Korea and North Korea since their peninsula
was divided more than a half-century ago.
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Hostage
Negotiators Suspend Talks
June
13, 2000
MANILA,
JUNE 12 (AP) - The government has decided to suspend negotiations
for several days for a cooling-off period with Muslim rebels holding 21
mostly foreign hostages on a southern Philippine
island,
an official said Monday.
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Iraq
demands extra money
June
13, 2000
BAGHDAD,
JUNE 12 (AP) - Iraq asked the United Nations on Sunday to allocate
dlrs 400 million from the surplus in an escrow account to purchase
humanitarian supplies for Iraqi people instead of freezing it
in the bank.
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Approval
Yesterday, disapproval Today
June
13, 2000
LONDON,
JUNE 12 (AP) - Public support for the royal family has fallen to its
lowest level in years, a poll published Monday indicates.
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Landmark
women's conference end's
June
12, 2000
UNITED NATIONS, JUNE 11 (AP) - Five years after a landmark U.N. conference
set women's equality as an achievable goal, more than 180 nations have
adopted new measures to accelerate the international campaign to reach it.
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Strong
earthquake jolts Taiwan
June
12, 2000
TAIPEI,
JUNE 11 (AP) - A strong earthquake shook central Taiwan early
Sunday, causing rockslides and injuring more than 20 people, officials and
seismologists said.
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Is
Syria heading towards Monarchy ?
June
12, 2000
BEIRUT,
JUNE 11 (AP) - President Hafez Assad had two vice presidents
to fill in for him, but within hours of his death Saturday, the Syrian
parliament pushed them aside and voted to clear
the
way for the ascension of the 34-year-old son who had been groomed for
power.
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Charles-Camilla
romance gets support
June
12, 2000
LONDON,
JUNE 11 (AP) - A new opinion poll indicates overwhelming public support
for Queen Elizabeth It's social meeting with Camilla Parker Bowles, but
suggests less than half favor a marriage between Prince Charles and his
longtime love.
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Mahathir’s
Party Wins Election
June
12, 2000
KUALA
LUMPUR, JUNE 11 (AP) - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling
coalition rejoiced Sunday over its victory in a keenly watched
parliamentary by-election, while opposition leaders warned that Chinese
ethnic support for the government was waning.
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Muslim
rebels shift hostages
June
12, 2000
JOLO,
Philippines, JUNE 11 (AP) - Muslim rebels holding 21 people in a remote
Philippine jungle have moved their Caucasian hostages first to an area of
dense mangroves and then to a watershed not far from their original
location, police said Sunday.
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Soldiers Killed in
Kashmir
June
12, 2000
JAMMU,
JUNE 11 (AP) - A passenger bus carrying army soldiers veered off
a mountain road and plunged into a gorge in the northern Kashmir state
killing 27 people Sunday, officials said.
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Saddam’s
whimsical wish !!!
June
12, 2000
BAGHDAD,
JUNE 11 (AP) - The United States will be defeated in Iraq in the same way it
was defeated in Vietnam, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said in remarks
published Sunday.
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Sri
Lankan army, rebels in fierce northern fighting
June
11, 2000
COLOMBO,
JUNE 10 (AP) - Government jets and artillery bombarded rebel
bunkers in heavy fighting in Jaffna Peninsula as the freshly supplied
military kept up attacks on guerrilla positions, according to information
given by both sides on Saturday.
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Iraq
accuses United Nations of mishandling oil-for-food revenues
June
11, 2000
BAGHDAD,
JUNE 10 (AP) - Iraq accused the United Nations Saturday of mismanaging
billions of dollars in revenues from the oil-for-food program, saying the
money could have been well spent combating a severe drought in the
country.
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With
no end to hostage crisis in sight, Fiji rebels go on rampage
June
11, 2000
SUVA,
JUNE 10 (AP) - A mob armed with sugarcane-cutting knives torched
a seaside restaurant late Saturday - the latest in a string of violent
incidents close to Fiji's parliament where armed rebels are holding 31
hostages.
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Nine
policemen, seven civilians killed by Maoist rebels in Nepal
June
11, 2000
KATMANDU,
JUNE 10 (AP) - Nine policemen and seven civilians were killed
when Maoist rebels attacked a police station in midwestern Nepal earlier
this week, police said Saturday.
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Convicted
murderer, rapist beheaded in Saudi
June
11, 2000
RIYADH,
JUNE 10 (AP) - Two Saudi men convicted of murder and rape were beheaded in
Saudi Arabia Saturday, an Interior Ministry statement said.
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Clinton
discusses Korean summit with South Korean leader
June
10, 2000
TOKYO,
JUNE 9 (AP) - On a quick trip
to Asia, U.S. President Bill Clinton met
with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in a show of solidarity before
next week's first summit between the long divided Korean nations.
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Chiefs
meet Speight in latest attempt to break coup deadlock
June
10, 2000
SUVA,
Fiji (AP) - An influential delegation of tribal chiefs met Friday
with Fijian coup leader George Speight in the latest attempt to
break the deadlock at parliament where he is holding the deposed prime
minister and 30 other hostages.
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Russia
makes spirited attack on U.S.-British patrol of Iraq no-fly zones
June
10, 2000
UNITED
NATIONS, JUNE 9 (AP) - What should have been a perfunctory extension
by the Security Council of the U.N. humanitarian program in
Iraq erupted into an acrimonious debate early Friday over the impact
of sanctions and American and British air strikes in Iraq's no-fly
zones.
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Moscow
foresees prolonged direct rule of Chechnya
June
10, 2000
MOSCOW,
JUNE 9 (AP) - President Vladimir Putin's decision to put rebel Chechnya
under his direct rule gained support Friday from lawmakers as
officials said the Kremlin was likely to run the region for several
years.
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Putin
to visit North Korea in first ever trip by a Russian leader
June
10, 2000
MOSCOW,
JUNE 9 (AP) - President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for talks
on efforts to defuse the political situation on the Korean peninsula
and U.S. plans to build an anti-missile defense system, officials
said Friday.
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Sri
Lanka police detain suspects after suicide bombing
June
9, 2000
COLOMBO,
JUNE 8 (AP) - Police detained 15 men Thursday as suspects
in a suicide bombing that killed a Cabinet minister and 20 others in a
suburb of the capital. Sri Lanka's president urged
people
to refrain from retaliatory attacks on the Tamil minority.
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U.S.
president meets new Japanese leader
June
9, 2000
TOKYO,
JUNE 8 (AP) - Joining an array of world leaders, U.S. President Bill
Clinton Thursday paid respects to the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo
Obuchi - a man who "touched hearts around the world" - and
talked diplomacy with Obuchi's successor.
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Rebel
leader warns of reprisals if military fires at supporters
June
9, 2000
SUVA,
Fiji, JUNE 8 (AP) - In another sign of rising tension among Fijian coup
leader George Speight's supporters, a police officer was savagely beaten
Thursday and briefly detained at parliament where gunmen are holding 31
hostages.
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Earthquake
of moderate intensity jolts northeastern India
June
9, 2000
NEW
DELHI, JUNE 8 (AP) - An earthquake of moderate intensity shook the
remote northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh early Thursday, the
United News of India reported.
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21
Korean leftist students arrested for anti-U.S. protests
June
9, 2000
SEOUL,
JUNE 8 (AP) - Police on Thursday arrested 21 leftist students who staged an
illegal anti-American street demonstration in Seoul.
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French
Cabinet adopts bill to shorten presidential mandate
June
8, 2000
PARIS,
JUNE 7 (AP) - France's Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a bill
to reduce the presidential mandate from seven years to five, days after
President Jacques Chirac signaled his approval for the long-debated
proposal.
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Burundi
president makes key concessions in civil war
June
8, 2000
JOHANNESBURG,
JUNE 7 (AP) - Burundi President Pierre Buyoya on
Wednesday agreed to close down so-called regroupment camps and integrate
the Tutsi-led army - key concessions in negotiations to end Burundi's
seven-year civil war.
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