Two Koreas agree to reduce military tension
Defence Ministers from North and South Korea agreed on Monday to work towards building links and easing military tension on the divided peninsula.



Barak, Arafat to meet soon to break deadlock in peace talks
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat are expected to meet in the next few days to try to break the deadlock in peace talks, officials on both sides said on Monday.



Putin dispatches aide to Pakistan
Russian President Vladimir Putin is dispatching his top aide on Chechnya, Sergei Yastrzhembsky to Islamabad on Tuesday.



Other headlines
EU, OSCE give thumbs down to Milosevic
Disgraced Peru spy chief flees to Panama
Govt opts for 10 pc cut in non-plan expenditure
Afghan fighting prompts Russia border troops alert
Putin's new alliance with India may have far-reaching effect
India may defy sanctions, send flight to Iraq