US may succumb to Pak blackmail on Clinton's visit
President Clinton may go to Pakistan after all during his South Asia visit early next year. Why? Because if he goes to India and does not go to Pakistan, the "Indians will crow about it".

First thaw in defence ties; Gen Malik in US today
Sharp contrast, delicious irony. India's top general arrives in Washington on Thursday as representative of a civilian government of the world's largest democracy.

EgyptAir plane's black box found
Nine days after EgyptAir flight 990 went down, the flight data recorder - minus its pinger - was raised from the ocean floor by a robot and rushed to Washington for analysis on Tuesday.

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