/REPEAT//CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: G-8 Agreement Turns Back the Clock

The peace agreement for Yugoslavia reached in Berlin Thusrday by the world's seven richest countries and Russia (G-8) may take the Kosovo crisis back to the diplomatic arena after six weeks of massive destruction. It also represents a major diplomatic victory for Moscow, analysts here agree.

CONFLICT-KOSOVO: G-8 Accord Seen as Advance in NATO Strategy

The accord reached Thursday, between Russia and the West's most powerful nations on a framework for a Kosovo peace accord, marks the culmination of NATO's diplomatic effort to drive a wedge between Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and Moscow.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: G-8 Agreement Turns Back the Clock

The peace agreement for Yugoslavia reached in Berlin Thusrday by the world's seven richest countries and Russia (G-8) may take the Kosovo crisis back to the diplomatic arena after six weeks of massive destruction. It also represents a major diplomatic victory for Moscow, analysts here agree.

POLITICS U.S/CUBA: The Game Has Ended But the Contest Continues

In the tumultuous issue of Cuban/US relations, two contests took place last Monday night.

POLITICS-US: Letup in Policy on Terrorism

A series of moves in the past week by President Bill Clinton's administration could have a major impact on US policy towards terrorism and countries accused of supporting it.

POLITICS-FIJI: Slowly, Moving Away from Communal Politics

Fijians are almost certain to vote in a multi-racial coalition government this month, marking a turn away from the divisive communal and religious politics seen in this South Pacific island in the last decade.

POLITICS-KOSOVO: Who’s in Charge of Diplomatic Process?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) air strikes against Yugoslavia enter their seventh week Wednesday and, despite a growing number of diplomats working on the case, a diplomatic solution remains far off.

POLITICS-PALESTINE: Legal and Political Vacuum Instead of Independence

Tuesday, May 4 was marked to be the historical day in which Palestine would have declared itself a sovereign state. But the country is instead entering into a political and legal limbo in which none of its institutions is legally valid.

CAMBODIA: ASEAN Entry Boon for Phnom Penh, A Burden for Others

Cambodia's much delayed entry into the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been widely hailed as marking the formal end to decades of Cold War-era turmoil in the region.

CAMBODIA: ASEAN Entry Boon for Phnom Penh, A Burden for Others

Cambodia's much delayed entry into the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been widely hailed as marking the formal end to decades of Cold War-era turmoil in the region.

//CORRECTED REPEAT//POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: Will The Polls Be Free And Fair ?

As South Africans go to the polls in June one of the questions in many minds is how free and fair the country's first post independence polls will be.

POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: Will The Polls Be Free And Fair ?

As South Africans go to the polls in June one of the questions in many minds is how free and fair the country's first post independence polls will be.

POLITICS: Nigeriens Accept Bloody Change of Power

When Niger's President, Ibrahim Ba'are Mainassara, died in a hail of gunfire on the tarmac of the international airport on Apr 9, state television's evening news announced it as a "unfortunate accident."

//REPEATING//DISARMAMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Military Spending Likely To Rise

African countries have often been criticised for increased military spending and sometimes this has been used to withdraw aid by the donors.

CHINA: Stand on Yugoslavia Shows Shift in Foreign Policy

China's reaction to the crisis in Yugoslavia marks a sea change in its foreign policy, whose basics were once dictated by ideology but these days are shaped by its preoccupation with territorial integrity.

DEVELOPMENT: EU Offers Partnership to Middle East and Northern Africa

Nearly unnoticed by the public eye, the European Union (EU) has launched a concerted bid for putting relations with the countries of the Middle East and North Africa on a new footing - encompassing the civil society and human rights.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Simple People vs Smart Weapons

The sight of militant Serbian opposition leaders joining the Yugoslav Army is probably the clearest evidence of Nato's strategic failure in Yugoslavia, most analysts here agree.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Simple People vs Smart Weapons

The sight of militant Serbian opposition leaders joining the Yugoslav Army is probably the clearest evidence of Nato's strategic failure in Yugoslavia, most analysts here agree.

POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Violent Fallout Of Bhutto’s Likely Arrest

A day after Benazir Bhutto, twice prime minister of Pakistan, was sentenced to jail on corruption charges, her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is preparing to challenge the court order on the streets.

POLITICS: Tit-for-Tat Missile Race, Instability in South Asia

Pakistan Thursday tested a new medium- range missile, 'Shaheen,' raising the level of the all-too- familiar harsh rhetoric of hostility and war mongering exchanged by India and Pakistan.

TRADE-US: Zhu Reminds Clinton Who is Boss

It took a Chinese Communist to remind President Bill Clinton how politics is supposed to work in an advanced capitalist society.