Yeltsin for permanent occupation in Chechnya
Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Sunday said Russia will deploy troops in Chechnya permanently. Voice of Russia said the President's decree to this effect will be issued shortly.



Pak police intensifies hunt for killer of 100 children
Pakisani authorities on Sunday intensified their hunt to capture dead or alive a man who claimed to have killed 100 children and dissolved their bodies in acid, officials said.



Turmoil in Israel over non-Jewish immigrants
Ultra-Orthodox Israelis are up in arms against the ever-increasing number of non-Jews from the former Soviet Union settling the country, whom they see as undermining its ``Jewish nature.''



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