Najam Sethi barred from foreign travel
Noted Pakistani journalist and editor of Friday Times Najam Sethi said that authorities have barred him from leaving the country to receive a special human rights award in London.

NATO may intervene elsewhere, says Clinton
Praising NATO for its action in Kosovo, United States President BilL Clinton said on Tuesday that the alliance could intervene elsewhere in Europe or in Africa to fight repression.

LTTE wants Mandela to be facilitator for peace talks
Anton Balasingham, one of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's closest aides, will soon travel to South Africa to formally request former President Nelson Mandela to be a third-party facilitator for any peace negotiation with the Chandrika Kumaratunga government.

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