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Japanese
prime minister says elections likely on June 25
May
14, 2000
TOKYO,
MAY 13 (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said Saturday that
parliamentary elections will likely be held June 25.
The
next election, which must be held by October, will be a critical
test for Mori, who replaced Keizo Obuchi when he collapsed in
a coma last month.
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President supports "Million Mom
March" in radio speech
May
14, 2000
WASHINGTON,
MAY 13 (AP) - President Bill Clinton said Saturday the gun lobby
is "no match" for the tens of thousands of American mothers
who will march in support of stiffer gun
control legislation Sunday on the
National Mall and in 70 other sites nationwide.
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Israel explains decision not to sign nuclear
treaty
May
14, 2000
UNITED
NATIONS, MAY 13 (AP) - Israel's foreign minister explained his country's
refusal to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by saying
Iraq and Iran pose too great a threat to be ignored.
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Wildfires
out on control in New Mexico, Arizona
May
13, 2000
LOS
ALAMOS, New Mexico, MAY 12 (AP) - Driven by swirling wind of up 55 mph
(88 kph), fire rolled from block to block in abandoned Los Alamos,
burning scores of homes down to their foundations in the town
where the atomic bomb was built.
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Sri
Lanka's Tamil rebels claim they are set to recapture Jaffna
May
13, 2000
NEW
DELHI, MAY 12 (AP) - Hundreds of civilians fled Sri Lanka's war
torn Jaffna city Friday as advancing Tamil Tiger rebels on the outskirts
of their former capital warned of heavy fighting.
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Supreme Court orders army to restore
democracy within three years
May
13, 2000
ISLAMABAD,
MAY 12 (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the military that
seized power in a bloodless coup to restore democracy in Pakistan in three
years.
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Anti-Suharto protest turns violent in Jakarta
May
13, 2000
JAKARTA,
MAY 12 (AP) - Police fired tear gas Friday night at hundreds of student
protesters who had gathered outside former President Suharto's home,
demanding that he be put on trial for corruption.
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India's
billionth baby is born
May
12, 2000
NEW
DELHI, MAY 11 (AP) - With the birth of a baby girl named Astha -
"Faith" in Hindi - India's population officially hit one billion
Thursday, an event marked with fanfare and concern over the nation's
too-rapid growth.
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Japanese
prime minister urges China to pursue dialogue with Taiwan
May
12, 2000
TOKYO,
MAY 11 (AP) - While reiterating Tokyo's position that Beijing is the
sole legal government of China, Japan's prime minister urged visiting
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan Thursday to pursue dialogue with
Taiwan.
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Bush
leads in poll, thriving among key swing groups
May
12, 2000
WASHINGTON,
MAY 11 (AP) - Gov. George W. Bush is tied with Vice President Al
Gore among women in the race for the White House and leads among
conservative Democrats who supported Ronald Reagan, says a new poll that
suggests voters are increasingly pessimistic about the state of the
nation- a bad sign for Democrats.
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Divided
by ideology and a sealed border, Koreas share a national dish:
kimchi
May
12, 2000
SEOUL,
MAY 11 (AP) - Pro-Western South Korea is a world economic power. Communist
North Korea is destitute. A sealed border separates their populations. But
one thing they share is kimchi.
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Putin
asks Duma to approve Kasyanov as prime minister
May
11, 2000
MOSCOW,
MAY 10 (AP) - President Vladimir Putin asked the lower house of parliament
Wednesday to approve Mikhail Kasyanov as prime minister, and lawmakers were
expected to quickly approve the choice.
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Poll
: Bush leading Gore in race for president
May
11, 2000
LOS
ANGELES, MAY 10 (AP) - Republican George W. Bush leads Democrat Al Gore by 8
percentage points in the race for president, according to a nationwide Los
Angeles Times poll published Wednesday.
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Premier
promises `huge opportunities' with China in WTO
May
11, 2000
SHANGHAI,
MAY 10 (AP) - Trying to rekindle enthusiasm for investing
in China, Premier Zhu Rongji on Wednesday promised "huge opportunities"
with more reform and World Trade Organization membership.
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Asian
Development Bank latest victim of protests, new scrutiny
May
10, 2000
CHIANG
MAI, MAY 9 (AP) - The Asian Development Bank has become the
latest victim of protests and new scrutiny that has dogged the big
multilateral economic institutions since the World Trade Organization's
debacle in Seattle last year.
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Saudi
oil minister suggests OPEC unlikely to make changes if market stable
May
10, 2000
LOS
ANGELES, MAY 9 (AP) - Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Monday he is content
with the current level of oil prices and suggested OPEC is not likely to
make changes if the market remains stable when its leaders meet next month.
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Despite
differences, McCain poised to endorse Bush
May
10, 2000
PITTSBURGH,
MAY 9 (AP) - Despite lingering differences over tax cuts and campaign
finance reform, John McCain was ready Tuesday to endorse former Republican
presidential rival George W. Bush following their first face-to-face meeting
since a bitter primary campaign.
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Thai
police deploy in force to protect ADB meeting
May
9, 2000
CHIANG
MAI, MAY 8 (AP) - Riot police deployed in overwhelming force
Monday to protect the final day of the Asian Development Bank's annual
meeting from protesters demanding an end to policies they say punish the
poor and hurt the environment.
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Asia
needs to keep crisis lessons in mind, ADB chief says
May
9, 2000
CHIANG
MAI, MAY 8 (AP) - Asian countries need to keep the painful
lessons of economic upheaval in mind to avoid a devastating new blow from
the increasingly globalized economy, the president of the Asian Development
Bank warned Saturday.
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India
plan won't quickly resolve bad debts, official says
May
9, 2000
CHIANG
MAI, MAY 8 (AP) - India's plan to establish an asset management company to
resolve bad bank debts and spur new lending won't mean a quick resolution of
debt problems, an official said Monday.
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Ruling
Alliance party candidate leads election for Buenos Aires mayor
May
9, 2000
BUENOS
AIRES, Argentina, MAY 8 (AP) - A candidate from the ruling Alliance party of
President Fernando de la Rua was headed for a win in the first round of
elections to choose the mayor of Buenos Aires, preliminary voting showed.
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Tensions
with China underline computer biz's dependence on Taiwan
May
9, 2000
TAIPEI,
MAY 8 (AP) - Chinese saber-rattling over Taiwan's presidential election has
quieted, calming anxieties not just in East Asia, but in corporate board
rooms around the world.
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Thousands of protesters besiege ADB meeting
May
8, 2000
CHIANG
MAI, Thailand, MAY 7 (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators bulldozed their way
past Thai riot police Sunday, besieging a hotel where the Asian Development
Bank was holding its annual meeting and demanding an end to policies they
said punish the poor.
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Putin sworn in as president, promises to
rebuild Russia
May
8, 2000
MOSCOW,
MAY 7 (AP) - President Vladimir Putin pledged to restore Russia as a great
power after being sworn in Sunday as the country's second
democratically-elected president in a ceremony that evoked the country's
imperial past.
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Iranian
council announces discrepancies in election recount
May
8, 2000
TEHRAN,
MAY 7 (AP) - Following big wins by reformers in parliamentary
runoff elections, a hard-line council said it has found
discrepancies in a partial recount of races swept by reformers in
the first round of voting, state-run radio reported Sunday.
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