Pentagon favours cuts in US N-arsenal: NYT
Driven by budget constraints as much as diminishing security threats, Pentagon officials are quietly recommending that the Clinton administration consider unilateral reductions in the nation's nuclear arsenal, says the New York Times.

Russia, China sign papers on border issue, Yeltsin improving
Russia and China today signed a joint statement confirming most of their border demarcation as a fresh bout of pneumonia forced President Boris Yeltsin to host an informal Sino-Russian summit in a hospital here.

"Dr Death" helps man die before TV cameras; opens new debate on euthanasia
A physician who has been dubbed Dr Death set off an ethical maelstrom on Sunday by allowing an American television network to air a tape showing him injecting a lethal dose of drugs into a terminally ill man and kill him.

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