Bin Laden formally charged; US offers $ 5 million reward
The United States has announced a record $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of multimillionaire radical Osama bin Laden while formally charging him with orchestrating the August 7 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

UN panel approves resolution favouring N-free zones in S Asia
The United Nations Disarmament and International Security Committee has approved a draft resolution which favours the establishment of nuclear weapon free zones in South Asia and the Middle East.

Mideast peace agreement lands before Israel Cabinet
After several delays, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday presented the land-for-peace agreement with the Palestinians to his Cabinet for approval, taking a necessary step toward implementation of the accord.

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