*** Record 71,000 asylum-seekers swamp system (The Times) (26/01/2000)***
Chechnya/RUSSIA
Russia
admits heavy casualties (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Security
tightened in Moscow as Russia reaches for control of Grozny (CNN) (26/01/2000)
Grozny: Street To Street
Battles (AP) (26/01/2000)
Russian Losses
Climb In Battle for Grozny (The Washington Post) (26/01/2000)
Chechnya's
tales of the underground (The Guardian) (26/01/2000)
MIDDLE EAST
Nuclear
inspectors end Iraq tests (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Inspection
team ends check of Iraqi nuclear material (CNN) (25/01/2000)
Barak
cancels experts' trip to Washington for peace talks (AP) (25/01/2000)
Setback
for Israel-Syria talks (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Israeli
soldier killed in Lebanon (AP) (25/01/2000)
THAILAND/ BURMA
Thai
military denies 'execution' claim (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Burmese
were not executed, say Thais (The Guardian) (26/01/2000)
For Inept
Burmese Rebel Band, Only Death Was Clear (The New York Times) (26/01/2000)
AFRICA
Habre
charged with rights abuses (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Angolan
refugees starving in Zambia (BBC) (25/01/2000)
Congo
combatants pledge peace, ask for U.N. troops (Reuters) (25/01/2000)
GLOBE
Sentence cut
for Bosnian war criminal (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Bosnian Serb
war crimes suspect arrested (BBC) (25/01/2000)
Record
71,000 asylum-seekers swamp system (The Times) (26/01/2000)
Aceh
violence defies peace prediction (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Pakistan's
top judge replaced (BBC) (26/01/2000)
Drifter
admits killing 10 children in Brazil (AP) (25/01/2000)
*** No
clemency as boy killer pays ultimate price (The Guardian)
(12/01/2000 )***
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