Today's Headlines                                                                                                                                                                                                                18th October  1999

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Refugee Numbers in Kosovo Crisis (Reuters)

                                                                                                                                                            PAKISTAN

Pakistani coup leader vows return to 'true' democracy (CNN) (18/10/1999)

Pakistan faces Commonwealth threat (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Pakistani Pullback (CBS) (18/10/1999)

India cautious over Musharraf speech (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Army Chief Details Plan for Rule in Pakistan (The Washington Post) (18/10/1999)

It's Not Martial Law, it's Just Planned Democracy (TIME daily) (18/10/1999)

Pakistan coup leader offers an olive branch to India (The Times) (18/10/1999)

                                                                                                                                           CHECHNYA/Russia

Russian, Chechen forces clash outside Grozny (AP) (18/10/1999)

Russian pressure on Grozny (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Russians Appear Headed into a Chechen Bear Trap (TIME daily) (18/10/1999)

                                                                                                                                                      MIDDLE EAST

Barak faces settlers' anger (BBC) (18/10/1999)

A Gain for Arabs in East Jerusalem (The New York Times) (18/10/1999)

Tourists' kidnapper executed in Yemen (The Guardian) (18/10/1999)

Yemeni militant's supporters vow revenge (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Jordan king plans to resolve rift with Hamas (Reuters) (17/10/1999)

Three killed in violence in Algeria (BBC) (17/10/1999)

                                                                                                                                                                  AFRICA

US push for Sierra Leone peace (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Albright delivers 'tough message' to Sierra Leone rebel leader (AP) (18/10/1999)

Tribal clashes in northern Mali (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Ugandan army to stay in Congo (BBC) (18/10/1999)

                                                                                                                                                                  GLOBE

UK slated for using 'child soldiers' (BBC) (18/10/1999)

U.S. diplomat renews effort for breakthrough in N. Ireland peace accord (AP) (18/10/1999)

Independence leader Gusmao delays return to East Timor (CNN) (18/10/1999)

Killings and rapes in Timor enclave (BBC) (18/10/1999)

Milosevic's wife blasts political foes (Reuters) (18/10/1999)

Montenegrins See Split With Serbia (The New York Times) (18/10/1999)

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