McEwan's Amsterdam beats favourites to win Booker
Ian McEwan has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction for his novel Amsterdam. McEwan collected a 33,000 dollars cheque at the 1998 awards ceremony in London's Guildhall on Tuesday. It was McEwan's third nomination.

Netanyahu postpones cabinet meeting on West Asia accord
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed a crucial cabinet meeting that was to approve the US-brokered Israel-Palestinian peace agreement. The move could disrupt the timetable of Israel's West Bank pullback.

NATO keeps pressure on Belgrade
NATO has decided to keep up the threat of air strikes against Serb forces for an unspecified period, despite recognizing a substantial withdrawal of troops and police from Kosovo.

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