*** Record 71,000 asylum-seekers swamp system (The Times) (26/01/2000)***
Chechnya/RUSSIA
US steps up
pressure on Chechnya (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Russian
military meets stiff resistance from rebels in Grozny (AP) (30/01/2000)
After Attacks,
Chechen Town Still Suffers (The Washington Post) (31/01/2000)
Russian Assault
Stalls at Key Grozny Square (The Washington Post) (31/01/2000)
Villagers
stay fearless as Russians attack (The Times) (31/01/2000)
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli
soldiers killed in Lebanon (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Three
Israeli soldiers killed in guerrilla attack in south Lebanon (AP) (31/01/2000)
Israeli official
suggests expanding Jerusalem, sharing city with Palestinians (CNN) (30/01/2000)
Iran's
right shifts tactics to win votes (Reuters) (30/01/2000)
Israel
hints at Jerusalem compromise (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Officer of
Israeli-Backed Lebanese Militia Killed by Bomb (The New Year Times) (31/01/2000)
INDONESIA
Indonesia's
Wahid says he will sack top general linked to E.Timor violence (Reuters)
(31/01/2000)
Wiranto
faces sack over Timor (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Jakarta To Probe
Ex-Military Chief (Reuters) (31/01/2000)
AFRICA
Aid convoy
staff killed in Somalia (BBC) (31/01/2000)
'Algiers
Declaration' gives Arab support to U.N. terrorism conference (Reuters)
(30/01/2000)
Morocco's
Islamists want leader freed (Reuters) (30/01/2000)
Tanzanian,
Burundian defense ministers urge speedy peace settlement (AP) (29/01/2000)
GLOBE
K-For to
disarm Kosovo Albanians (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Kosovo
Serbs close to ending institution boycott (Reuters) (30/01/2000)
NI
braced for arms report (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Hopes dim for
IRA disarmament, peace accord (CNN) (30/01/2000)
Pakistan
coup hearing delayed (BBC) (31/01/2000)
Tigers
'not interested' in solution (BBC) (30/01/2000)
***No
clemency as boy killer pays ultimate price (The Guardian)
(12/01/2000 )***
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