Friday, January 1, 1999
Missile technology transfers to China harmed US: Panel
A special panel of lawmakers which investigated US technology transfers to Beijing has concluded what has long been suspected in strategic circles: the Clinton administration's lax export policies and benign oversight vis-a-vis China, has compromised American national security and endangered other countries.
Sanctions should not be used as a sledgehammer: Prakash Shah
Dial Prakash Shah on a New York number (00-1-212...) and you get him within a matter of minutes in Baghdad. Even in times of war, the magic of modern telephony helps you easily reach India's former diplomat, and now the man in the hot seat in the Iraqi capital.
CM ruled in absentia, made ultras feel at home
The year 1998 will be remembered for Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah's rule in absentia. Even when the State needed him the most, given the series of selective killings by militants, severe financial crisis and agitations by the employees, the Chief Minister was either away holidaying in Europe or issuing press statements from not Jammu and Kashmir but, remote corners of the country.
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