Kashmir figures on Indo-Pak `road map'
Taking forward the process set in motion by the Lahore Declaration, External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz on Friday fixed a time-table for official talks.

Kosovo talks suspended, West mounts pressure on Belgrade
Western powers involved in the Kosovo peace talks have suspended negotiations as Yugoslavia refused to sign the accord prompting NATO allies to warn of air strikes.

Libya to hand over Lockerbie suspects in April
Libya has said it will hand over the two suspects in the 1988 bombing of an American airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland, to the United Nations by April 6. The Libyan decision was announced by South African President Nelson Mandela, who is currently in Libya.

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