|
Prime
minister's wife gives birth to baby boy
May
21, 2000
LONDON,
MAY 20 (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie welcomed
their fourth child - a baby boy - on Saturday. The boy will be named Leo,
after Blair's father, his office announced.
|
|
more....
|
|
Fiji:
security forces back government
May
21, 2000
SUVA,
MAY 20 (AP) - The leader of armed rebels holding over a dozen hostages,
including the prime minister, vowed Saturday not to give up even as the
country's security institutions showed no signs of
supporting
their attempted coup.
|
|
more....
|
|
Nuclear
and non-nuclear nations push to settle key differences
May
21, 2000
UNITED
NATIONS, MAY 20 (AP) - The nuclear powers and non-nuclear nations neared
agreement on a new nuclear disarmament agenda but a final accord was
stalled by a dispute between Iraq and the United States over Baghdad's
nuclear weapons program.
|
|
more....
|
|
Tamil
paper shut down for breaking war censorship rules
May
21, 2000
COLOMBO,
MAY 20 (AP) - Officials shut down northern Jaffna's only
Tamil newspaper for violating censorship laws by reporting suspected
casualties in an air force bombing raid, the government
censor
said Saturday.
|
|
more....
|
|
Appeals
court opens shutter for nude photography
May
21, 2000
NEW
YORK, MAY 20 (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a
photographer has a constitutional right to assemble a large group of nude
people on a street to take their picture.
|
|
more....
|
|
Armed
protesters hold prime minister in parliament
May
20, 2000
SUVA,
Fiji, MAY 19 (AP) - In an apparent coup, armed protesters stormed Fiji's
parliament Friday and locked Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and
seven Cabinet ministers in an upstairs room, Australian Broadcasting
Corp. Radio and local media reported.
|
|
more....
|
|
Sierra Leone's dilemma: what to do with rebel chief?
May 20, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, MAY 19
(AP) - Calling
captured rebel leader Foday Sankoh "a very vicious man," Sierra Leone's
attorney general said the government is nonetheless determined to resist
pressure from angry citizens to take drastic action against him.
|
|
more....
|
|
Allies part ways with United States - again
May 20, 2000
WASHINGTON,
MAY 19 (AP) - Some of America's best friends split away to approve
dlrs 232 million in World Bank loans to Iran, despite intensive
lobbying by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
|
|
more....
|
|
China, Taiwan enter new political era with tensions high
May 20, 2000
TAIPEI,
MAY 19 (AP) - The worst-case scenario was that Chinese missiles
would rain down on Taiwan because the island's newly elected
president would rashly declare independence in the months after
his stunning victory.
|
|
more....
|
|
Security
Council approves arms embargo against Ethiopia-Eritrea
May
19, 2000
UNITED
NATIONS, MAY 18 (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved an
arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in
their two-year war.
|
|
more....
|
|
Tamil
rebels set to take Jaffna, Military's supply line under threat
May
19, 2000
NEW
DELHI, MAY 18 (AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday said
they now have control over two strategic roads leading into Jaffna and are
pounding the military's only airport in the region to
cut
off supplies for 40,000 troops defending the northern Jaffna peninsula.
|
|
more....
|
|
Dozens
dead after massive flooding in East and West Timor
May 19, 2000
DILI,
MAY 18 (AP) - At least 50 people have died in massive floods that washed
away refugee camps along the border between East Timor and the
Indonesian-controlled western half of the island, U.N. officials said
Thursday.
|
|
more....
|
|
Palestinians:
Israeli general threatened to bomb Arafat's headquarters
May
19, 2000
JERUSALEM,
MAY 18 (UNB/AP) - An Israeli general threatened to bomb Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah after
Palestinians fired shots near his own
headquarters
during violent clashes earlier this week, a Palestinian official said
Thursday.
|
|
more....
|
|
Protected
by Taliban, bin Laden runs a clandestine network With US-Clinton
May
19, 2000
ISLAMABAD,
MAY 18 (AP) - Sheltered by his Taliban hosts and constantly on the move,
Osama bin Laden reportedly spends most of his time overseeing three
terrorist training camps in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
|
|
more....
|
|
China
signs WTO deal with Latvia, continues talks with EU
May
18, 2000
BEIJING,
MAY 17 (AP) - Having secured an agreement with Latvia, negotiators seeking
to bring China into the World Trade Organization before year's end
continued working Wednesday on securing the big prize: a deal with the
European Union.
|
|
more....
|
|
Sonia
Gandhi faces increasing criticism from within her party
May
18, 2000
NEW
DELHI, MAY 17 (AP) - Sonia Gandhi, the powerful chief of the opposition
Congress party, is facing increasing criticism from colleagues and poor
turnouts at her rallies.
|
|
more....
|
|
Parliament
gives first approval to bill barring Jerusalem status changes
May
18, 2000
JERUSALEM,
MAY 17 (UNB/AP) - Israel's parliament Wednesday gave first approval
to two measures that would set limits on government peace negotiators
discussing the final status of Jerusalem and the return of
Palestinian refugees.
|
|
more....
|
|
Philippine
military suffers casualties in fight against Muslim rebels
May
18, 2000
MANILA,
MAY 17 (AP) - At least 113 government soldiers have been killed and more
than 470 others wounded during a five-month offensive against Muslim
rebels in the southern Philippines, the most since the height of the
insurgency about 25 years ago, an official said Wednesday.
|
|
more....
|
|
Yugoslav
government shuts down media outlets May
18, 2000
BELGRADE,
MAY 17 (AP) - Making good on threats of a crackdown,
police Wednesday took control of several media outlets critical of
President Slobodan Milosevic and his government.
Police
in woolen masks took over Studio B television and the popular independent
radio B2-92 overnight at the stations' headquarters
in downtown Belgrade.
|
|
more....
|
|
Japan
earmarks 400 bl yen to create jobs
May
17, 2000
TOKYO,
MAY 16 (AP) - In a move to ease record-high unemployment, the Japanese
government on Tuesday unveiled plans to spend 400 billion yen (dlrs 3.67
billion) creating jobs
|
|
more....
|
|
Beijing
pressures Taiwan to accept 'one China'
May
17, 2000
BEIJING,
MAY 16 (AP) - After thwarting
a Taiwanese bid for observer status in the World Health Organization,
China offered Tuesday to discuss Taiwan's participation in international
activities if the island accepts that it is a part of China.
|
|
more....
|
|
Bush
touts free trade, links with Mexico
May
17, 2000
AUSTIN,
MAY 16 (AP) - Shortly after he was elected governor, George W. Bush
attended the inauguration of Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Friendship
blossomed as the Texan promoted free trade and close ties.
|
|
more....
|
|
Sri
Lanka increases defense budget by dlrs 180 ml
May
17, 2000
COLOMBO,
MAY 16 (AP) - Sri Lanka's government Tuesday said it was increasing its
defense spending for the year 2000 by dlrs 180 million to help fight Tamil
Tiger separatists.
|
|
more....
|
|
Social
Democrats stay on top in Germany's biggest state
May
16, 2000
BERLIN,
MAY 15 (AP) - Germany's biggest state returned Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's
Social Democrats to power despite efforts by the scandal-plagued
Christian Democrats to win votes by attacking government
plans to import foreign workers for Germany's booming
computer
industry.
|
|
more....
|
|
Reports
of continued heavy fighting as Ethiopians vote in generalelections
May
16, 2000
ADDIS
ABABA, MAY 15 (AP) - Ethiopian troops captured several strategic
spots in continued fighting with Eritrea, a government spokeswoman
said. Meanwhile, Ethiopians voted in general elections that
reportedly turned deadly, with security forces allegedly
opening
fire on protesters.
|
|
more....
|
|
Strong
earthquake hits Indonesia
May
16, 2000
JAKARTA,
MAY 15 (AP) - A strong earthquake hit a remote area of
Indonesia on Monday, shaking houses and damaging buildings, but
no
casualties were immediately reported.
|
|
more....
|
|
Former
Japanese prime minister dies
May
15, 2000
TOKYO,
May 14 (UNB/AP) - Former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who was replaced last
month as premier after suffering a stroke, died Sunday, officials said. He
was 62.
|
|
more....
|
|
Israel,
Palestinians miss another peace deadline
May
15, 2000
JERUSALEM,
MAY 14 (AP) - Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian protesters
for a second day Saturday as the Palestinian leadership accused Israel of
making peace negotiators miss another deadline for the outlines of a final
treaty.
|
|
more....
|
|
Indian
high commission to provide visas online in Sri Lanka
May
15, 2000
COLOMBO,
MAY 14 (UNB/AP) - The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka's
capital will offer visas on-line, officials said Sunday.
|
|
more....
|
|
Japanese
tobacco industry, politicians snuff out anti-smoking targets
May
15, 2000
TOKYO,
MAY 14 (AP) - When health officials drew up Japan's latest 10-year
national fitness plan, they decided numerical targets were just what the
doctor ordered.
|
|
more....
|
|
Kabila's
envoy meets Rwandan president in rare contact
May
15, 2000
KIGALI,
MAY 14 (AP) - A Congolese envoy on Saturday carried a rare message of
peace from President Laurent Kabila to Rwanda, Congo's principal enemy in
its 1 1/2-year civil war, Rwandan
officials
said.
|
|
more....
|
