Saturday, August 29, 1998
Nairobi bombing suspect indicted
An accused in the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi has been charged under 14 criminal counts, including murder of 12 Americans killed in the blast, hours after he was flown in here from Kenya. Mohammed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali, handed over by the Kenyan authorities to America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) without any legal proceedings has been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Nation-wide alert on mustard oil
The Union health ministry has instructed all States and Union Territories to keep a close check on edible oil tankers at all entry points into their respective states, in an attempt to check the smuggling of adulterated oil.
India-South Africa ties fragile, Delhi accused of not helping with NAM summit
As India prepares to face criticism over its nuclear tests at the Non-Aligned summit in Durban next week, the fragile state of the bilateral relationship with South Africa has never been so glaring. The latest slip that's rocking the diplomatic boat is South Africa's unhappiness over the fact that New Delhi "ignored'' its request to help organise its first-ever, major multilateral conference.
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