Indonesia rejects peacekeeping force
Indonesia has firmly rejected any international peacekeeping force in East Timor at present, brushing aside demands and pleas during a day-long debate in the Security Council to allow it to help quell violence following the territory voting for independence.

Dislodging of NATO generals exposes differences between US and Europe
The dislodging of two top generals in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in recent days has exposed the fragile confidence existing between the United States and some European members of the military alliance in operational matters.

Jerusalem as capital of Israel - Disney faces ban by Arab states
Pakistan joined the Islamic and Arab nations in opposing a move by the famous American entertainment company, Walt Disney, to allow Israel to depict Jerusalem as its capital at a millennium exhibition in Florida on October one.

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