
Thursday, January 14, 1999
Michael Jordan airs retirement plans, gloom in America
A funereal gloom enveloped most of American society on Tuesday as Michael Jordan, a national treasure and arguably the greatest modern athlete in the world, announced his retirement from professional basketball.

International kite festival amuses hundreds
Nearly a hundred kite flyers from various countries took part in the 11th International Kite Festival in Rajkot yesterday on the eve of Makarsankranti.

Lankan child claims to be reincarnation of former president
A child from the central hills of Sri Lanka is making waves with most of the newspapers giving front-page coverage to his claims that he is the reincarnation of assassinated president Ranasinghe Premadasa.

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