Despite Monica, Demacrats may escape rout
Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate amid projections suggesting very nominal Republican gains. A couple of opinion polls even pointed to a slight edge for the Democrats, signaling a remarkable comeback for a party that seemed all but devastated by the Monica Lewinsky scandal a few weeks back.

China building anti-satellite weapons, says US report
China is building anti-satellite laser weapons which can blind intelligence and military space equipment and disrupt or cripple commercial communications and navigation systems during `information warfare', a Pentagon report has said.

Sodomy allegations made in '92 against Anwar: Official
The first witness in Anwar Ibrahim's trial said yesterday that allegations of sexual misconduct by the former finance minister had surfaced as early as 1992, six years before he was sacked and charged.

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