In the US, a `chad' state of affairs
When Vice-President Al Gore stepped out this weekend with his family for a movie outing (Men of Honour), he had a palm pilot clipped to his belt, a Blackberry (an instant two-way messaging system) sticking out of his back pocket, and an aide lugged his IBM ThinkPad.



Whose mummy? Three countries stake their claim to 2,600-yr-old corpse
Mummy of a Persian princess found in Quetta, dearest to three nations -- Pakistan wants mummy in museum, Iran and Afghanistan too want the princess.



President Clinton embarks on historic visit to Vietnam
US president Bill Clinton hopes to turn the page on one of the most painful chapters of recent American history with his official visit this week to Vietnam, a quarter-century after the humiliating retreat of US troops from the country.



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