Sunday, March 21, 1999
Clinton in control
In his first full-fledged solo press conference in nearly a year, President Bill Clinton on Friday went over the media to reach out to the American people to show that he's very much in control despite the sex scandal that stained his presidency.
Balloonists come a full circle
A Swiss doctor and British pilot, riding friendly winds and their own dogged spirit, on Saturday crossed an invisible line on Africa's map and drifted on into immortality, the first to realise man's century-old dream of circling the world in that fickle, fragile craft called a hot-air balloon.
Kosovo fighting intensifies, embassies evacuated
Fighting flared in Kosovo on Saturday and Western embassies in Belgrade evacuated non-essential staff as the threat of NATO bombing loomed after the failure of the Paris peace talks.
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