Saturday, September 5, 1998
Clinton says sorry to stem party revolt
With growing disaffection in the party, desertion by prominent allies and friends, and possible censure by the Legislature, President Bill Clinton invoked the word "sorry'' for the first time as he apologised abjectly for his affair with a former White House intern.
SA regrets Mandela's Kashmir remark
South Africa apologised for the reference to Kashmir in President Nelson Mandela's speech at the start of the NAM summit. South Africa's Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and his wife went up to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at the NAM plenary session on Thursday and personally apologised for the Kashmir mention.
N Korea demands cash for missile freeze
North Korea has demanded cash compensation from the United States in return for halting its development and exports of missiles to mainly Middle Eastern countries. Reports said the Stalinist North had asked for up to a billion dollars to stop developing its warheads, as Seoul officials revealed rare details of the North's trade in deadly missiles and of its production capability.
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