Unwell and unfit
Russian President Boris Yeltsin was rushed to hospital on Sunday with an acute bleeding ulcer, a fresh health crisis that renewed doubts about his fitness to govern.

Russian spy agency accuses West of making tech transfers to Iran
The Russian FSB, formerly KGB, accused western nations on Monday of having made significant transfers of technology to Iran.

Who is Perumal, asks Lanka minister
The Sri Lankan government has expressed surprise and denied any knowledge about the return of former north-east provincial council chief minister Varadarajah Perumal to the country after an eight-year exile in India.

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