Wednesday, September 9, 1998
Yeltsin silent on choice of PM
Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov warned president Boris Yeltsin yesterday to spare the country from chaos on the streets and demanded that the president not renominate Viktor Chernomyrdin for the post of prime minister.
Rebels walk out of Congo peace talks
Congo peace talks attended by seven African presidents derailed yesterday when rebels stormed out of the meeting, complaining they had been snubbed and mistreated. A draft of a cease-fire agreement that the presidents were expected to sign was withdrawn as the leaders bickered over the treatment of the rebels.
Clinton lawyer seeks Starr report preview
United States President Bill Clinton's personal lawyer has asked independent counsel Kenneth Starr for the report about possibly impeachable offences related to President's affair with Monica Lewinsky that he (Starr) is planning to present to the Congress.
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