Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Pak foreign minister is a `hawk' on India
Pakistan's new foreign minister, Abdul Sattar, is a known hardliner on pivotal relations with arch-rival India and an uncompromising supporter of Islamabad's nuclear deterrent.
S African Coetzee becomes first two-time Booker winner
South African J M Coetzee became the first author to win the Booker Prize for the second time when he landed Britain's top literary award for his gruelling novel Disgrace, edging past Fasting, Feasting by Indian writer Anita Desai who ended runner-up.
Russia offers $1 m bounty for Chechen warlord's head
Moscow on Tuesday issued a $ 1 million bounty for the death of Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev even as Russia massed troops outside the capital Grozny and pounded rebel positions from the air.
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