Clarify charge of ship-LTTE nexus, Lanka told
India has asked the Sri Lankan government for further clarification on its allegation that the crew of a ship that was bombed by the air force on Friday were suspected of transporting supplies to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Leghari launches new party
Former Pakistan president Farooq Khan Leghari launched a new political party on Friday in Lahore and said that he would take the country "out from its present political and economic crisis".

US denies bid to halt inspections in Iraq
The United States strenuously disputed Friday a report that it had demanded a halt to surprise UN weapons inspections in Iraq in order to dodge a possible military confrontation with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The Washington Post said on Friday that Albright urged Butler in a telephone call to scrap secret orders for the team to mount "challenge inspections" at two Iraqi sites suspected of holding forbidden weapons.

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