Monday, November 1, 1999
Cyclone off the East Coast, run, run, run...
When Hurricane Floyd came calling on the Eastern US seaboard last month, an estimated 2 million people fled the coast and drove inland amid hysteria and hilarity in equal measure.
Tamil minister's death a blow to Kumaratunga
Sauvmiyamoorthy Thondaman, Sri Lanka's senior-most politician, union leader of the country's predominantly Tamil tea labourers, political ally of President Chandrika Kumaratunga and friend of India, died on Saturday after a heart attack at the age of 86.
Catholics, Lutherans sign agreement on salvation
Putting aside five centuries of theological differences, Roman Catholic and Lutheran Church leaders on Sunday signed a declaration ending the dispute over salvation that sparked the Protestant reformation and led to the thirty years war.
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