We won't desist from due action -- Russia warns US
Russia warned NATO that the imposition of oil embargo on Yugoslavia would deepen the Balkan crisis as Moscow "will act accordingly". Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov announced after meeting US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott.

Indo-Lanka trade talks in peril
The fall of BJP-led govt and declaration of fresh elections in India has pushed the country's free trade treaty with Sri Lanka into cold storage, with officials of both countries declaring that the treaty's fate now depended on the formation of the new govt.

Israel sold electronic warfare system to India, says report
Israel has sold an advanced electronic warfare system to India over objections from the United States which has imposed sanctions on New Delhi over its nuclear arms programme, the Haaretz newspaper reported today.

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