Friday, October 29, 1999
US talks of strategic, economic reforms
Amid Congressional pressure to upgrade its ties with India to a ``strategic relationship'', the Clinton administration has formally eased some sanctions, even as a US official suggested the two countries could enter rightaway into a strategic economic relationship.
Armenia hostage-takers surrender
Dozens of hostages held by gunmen in the Armenian parliament building were released on Thursday with the hostage takers deciding to surrender, the presidency said.
Blair battles birthright of the British lords
As the millennium nears, Britain's ermine-trimmed lords are facing their most severe challenge in nearly 700 years -- the abolition of their automatic right to sit in the upper chamber of parliament.
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