Tuesday, August 18, 1998
Can Slick Willie do an Artful Dodger in Monicagate too?
An unsurpassed reputation as an artful dodger and a skilled manipulator is on test this afternoon as US President Bill Clinton has -- at the time of writing -- just walked in the White House map room to testify in camera before a Grand Jury investigating his conduct.
Rouble trouble for Yeltsin
Russia today devalued the rouble for all practical purposes, risking political and social crisis which might shake the government in coming weeks. Making unexpected fiscal policy changes, the government, in a joint agreement with the central bank, announced a new floating exchange rate for the rouble, fixing a corridor from 6 to 9.5 to the dollar.
Americans begin to leave Pak on US orders
The United States has begun evacuating all its citizens from Pakistan, save essential diplomatic staff, following the arrest in Karachi of a suspect in the Nairobi bombings and the fear of reprisals against American targets.
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