Mishra in US to talk trade and security
Prime Minister Vajpayee's Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra arrives in Washington on Wednesday to engage US officials on a variety of trade issues linked to the upcoming World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle next month.

Sharif accused of $ 100 mn graft -- Report
Pakistani police, carrying out a cleanup of high-level corruption for the country's new Army rulers, have accused ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of graft worth $100 million, newspapers reported on Wednesday.

Indonesia lets go of E Timor
Indonesia's national assembly early on Wednesday ratified the results of East Timor's independence vote, clearing the way for the territory's freedom from the country that invaded it in 1975.

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