Tuesday, May 11, 1999
Pak govt favours in-camera proceeding of a controversial case
The Pakistan Government favours in-camera proceeding of a case in which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, among other politicians, has been accused of receiving Rs 10 million from the ISI prior to the 1990 general polls.
Russian envoy heads for China
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has dispatched his roving envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin to Beijing for urgent talks with Chinese leaders in the wake of NATO bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
Miffed China stops talking to US
In a serious set back to Sino-US relations, an angry China on Monday snapped diplomatic contacts with the US on military affairs, arms control and human rights in its first act of retaliation to NATO bombings of its embassy as nationwide anti-NATO protests raged for the third day.
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