Sharif returns to low-key, high security reception
Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif returned home yesterday amid tight security and immediately briefed the army top brass and other key members of the establishment about his parleys on the Kargil crisis with US President Bill Clinton.

Pakistan will come around eventually, hopes US
The United States expects Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to consult his close advisors and his Cabinet over the weekend before drawing up plans to pull back infiltrators who have crossed the Line of Control.

3 peaks recaptured; 92 Pak soldiers killed
In a major breakthrough, Indian Army troops yesterday regained control of three peaks in Batalik and Drass and evicted Pakistani soldiers from a spur of Tiger Hill killing 92 enemy soldiers while losing 38 of its own men.

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