*** Record 71,000 asylum-seekers swamp system (The Times) (26/01/2000)***
Chechnya/RUSSIA
Russia
supports UN aid to Chechnya (BBC) (28/01/2000)
Growing
calls for Russia to resolve Chechnya conflict (AP) (28/01/2000)
Russia Fears A Terror
Offensive (CBS) (28/01/2000)
Rebels
'kill 700 Russian troops' (The Times) (28/01/2000)
MIDDLE EAST
US bid
to kick-start peace talks (BBC) (27/01/2000)
Iraq
rejects new UN arms chief (BBC) (27/01/2000)
Hundreds of
potential candidates barred from Iranian elections (AP) (27/01/2000)
Iran's
female students protest at segregation (The Guardian) (28/01/2000)
Small
victory for Egyptian women (BBC) (27/01/2000)
PAKISTAN
Karachi
hit by bomb attacks (BBC) (28/01/2000)
Sharif
lawyers seek army report (CNN) (28/01/2000)
Sharif
allies 'ordered airport closure' (BBC) (28/01/2000)
Pakistan
judicial move condemned (BBC) (28/01/2000)
AFRICA
Nigerian
Muslims welcome Sharia law (BBC) (27/01/2000)
Rights
groups seek speedy trial of Chad's Habre (Reuters) (27/01/2000)
GLOBE
Bosnia
Serb pleads innocent to burning 135 Muslims alive (AP) (28/01/2000)
N.Irish
Protestant furor over no IRA arms handover (Reuters) (28/01/2000)
Kosovo
Albanians accuse U.S. soldiers of aggressive behavior (AP) (28/01/2000)
Army Probes
Bahavior of U.S. Soldiers in Kosovo (The Washington Post) (28/01/2000)
Peace move
by Turkey's Muslims (BBC) (28/01/2000)
Burmese
Troops Overrun Base of Rebels Who Took Hostages (The New York Times) (28/01/2000)
***No
clemency as boy killer pays ultimate price (The Guardian)
(12/01/2000 )***
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