8 November 1999

Around the World in 60 Headlines

Afghanistan's uncivil war

Europe's Youngest PM Pledges To Clean Up Albania

New Argentina president to deepen austerity policies

Armenia's Slain Premier Replaced

Australia's "Republic" referendum reveals mass disaffection

Child labour on the increase in Bangladesh

Americas US drug czar in Bolivia

Britain's Labour government cuts disabled benefits and gives tax handout to business

Montenegro endures heaviest bombardment yet; hit reported on Bulgaria

Protests against the Burmese military junta

Worst Of Cambodian Flooding Said Over

Canada Okays 'Morning-After' Pill, Boycott Set

Chile: Pinochet To Get Medical Test

U.S. and China Near Agreement On Military Ties

Colombian Photographer Freed By Rebel Kidnappers

UN Envoy Says Human Rights Deteriorating In Congo

Costa Rica says coffee unharmed by rainy season

Colombia Murderer Suspect in Ecuador

Egypt's President Mubarak appoints new prime minister to speed up privatisation

France's Minister of Finance Strauss-Kahn resigns

New study documents growing chasm between rich and poor in Germany

Turkish Minority Rights Violated in Greece

Gunmen Free Candidate's Kin Ahead Of Guatemala Vote

Pope Preaches Conversion, India Gags Protest

Indonesia Leader: Economy Recovering

Five U.N. Powers' Talks Intensify On Iraq

Irish journalist wins court battle against police

Truffle Prices Soar in Italy

Further major corporate restructurings in Japan

'Outside experts' to help probe Korea massacre allegations

Move against Egyptians working in Kuwait

Israeli Jets Hit Lebanon

THE UNITED STATES AND LIBYA

Mexican Students, Police In Tense Standoff

Moroccan industry minister in Bulgaria

US Temporarily Shuts Embassy In Mozambique

Tibetans in Nepal mourn 40-year exile

All candidates in Niger elections pledge to enforce IMF and World Bank dictates

Nigerian youths free four Shell hostages, keep two

Clinton Returns From Mideast Meeting In Norway

Pakistani autoworkers wage 18-month struggle against Suzuki

2 Helicopters Hijacked in Panama

U.S. and Allied Wartime and Postwar Relations and Negotiations With Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey on Looted Gold and German External Assets and U.S. Concerns About the Fate of the Wartime Ustasha Treasury

US government preparing for mass arrests in Puerto Rico

Russia Says Arms Talks Lose Sense Without ABM

Russian Warplanes Pound Grozny, Chechens Flee  

Shell sees gas-power project in Saudi Arabia

Scotland Against Nuclear Dumping

 Bin Laden plans to establish a base in Somalia

South Africa Vows Tough Action In Taxi Wars With Multimedia

British court rules Pinochet extradition to Spain can proceed

Sri Lanka Rebels Capture Two More Towns

Militia Denies Massacre in Sudan

Sharp turn to the right in Swiss elections

Thailand Ad Wooing Investors

The UN in East Timor: all the trappings of a colonial protectorate For Housing, Quake Victims In Turkey Left Out in Cold

Trade talks could "blow up" says US commerce secretary

Scotland Yard joins hunt for Uganda tourist murderers

Nuclear Waste in Sweden - The Problem Is Not Solved!

Venezuela's Chavez Visits Spain

Vietnam Flood Toll Nears 400, Millions Hit  

Wales Looking For Star Joneses

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