Yeltsin backs Yugoslavia puts his guns where his mouth is
Making a shift in its policy on the NATO-led airstrikes against Yugoslavia, President Boris Yeltsin took two significant steps to preempt the possible sending of ground forces into Yugoslavia by NATO.

Sharp-tongued Zhu cuts US down to size
It was an unusually warm spring day in Washington on Thursday, but it wasn't just the temperature that had the American leadership hot under the collar. Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji gave the United States a public dressing down that the Clinton administration is unlikely to forget in a hurry.

Election results sobering for Chandrika
President Chandrika Kumaratunga's People's Alliance (PA) coalition has won all five provincial councils to which elections were held on Tuesday but the wafer-thin margin has sent a wave of jubilation through the ranks of the opposition United National Party (UNP).

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