Tuesday, September 1, 1998
G-7 nations urge Russia to pursue reforms
The G-7 industrialised nations, worried by the prospect of an economic about-turn under the incoming Russian government, today urged Moscow to stick to the reform path despite the unprecedented financial crisis afflicting the country.
Clinton hopes for face-saver in Russia
They are calling it an engagement between two lame ducks. Some cassandras are going even further, calling it a summit of the corpses. As an enfeebled President Clinton embarks Monday on his trip to Russia to meet an embattled President Yeltsin, metaphors and imagery of disaster and decrepitude are flying thick and fast in both Washington and Moscow.
IRA wants splinter group behind blasts disbanded
The Irish Republican Army on Sunday called for the disbanding of a splinter group that claimed responsibility for the Omagh bombing, Northern Ireland's worst massacre in 29 years of troubles.
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