Thursday, April 15, 1999
Pak launches retaliatory Ghauri II
Pakistan test-fired a new ballistic missile, Ghauri II, today that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and hitting targets deep inside India. With a range of 2,000 km, Ghauri II is Pakistan's longest-range missile and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg of either conventional or nuclear explosives.
Convicted Anwar to appeal sentence
Malaysia's sacked deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was today sentenced to six years' imprisonment by the high court on four corruption charges, but his lawyers said they would appeal against the verdict.
Love makes Bangla school close down
Suspected fundamentalists in Bangladesh's northern Nilphamari district forced the closure of a primary school, pronouncing a fatwa against one of its teachers and demanding that she be terminated from service for contracting marriage after a secret love affair.
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