Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Israel halts peace talks except on security
Israel called a halt to all negotiations at the Mideast peace summit except concerning Palestinian anti-terrorism actions in light of Palestinian attack on an Israeli bus station, Israeli officials said.
Iran standoff with Taliban religious militia defused
After more than a week of diplomacy that took him to the headquarters of Afghanistan's Taliban religious militia, the United Nations special envoy said that the danger of a military confrontation between Iran and the Taliban army had past.
Spain to lay down conditions for Pinochet's extradition
Spain will request the extradition of Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet from London only if the case can be propped up with weighty judicial arguments, vice-premier and finance minister Rodrigo Rato said.
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