Friday, November 20, 1998
Starr appears, defends Clinton probe
Independent counsel Kenneth Starr's opening statement to the US House of Representatives judiciary committee vigorously defends his investigation of President Bill Clinton and alleges a pattern of abuse of power by the president, according to a copy of Starr's testimony released on Wednesday.``This office has achieved a superb record in courts of law ... We go to court and not on the talks-show circuit, and our record shows that there is a bright line between law and politics,'' he said in his testimony prepared for delivery on Thursday in which he alleges Clinton abused his power in the Monica Lewinsky case in 10 different ways.
LTTE applies for office space in South Africa
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has sought clearance from the South African government to set up a political office in the country, a request Sri Lanka hopes will not be entertained.
Implement Shariat or else, Pak activists threaten MPs
Thousands of pro-government religious activists today urged the Pakistan government to immediately implement Islamic laws and warned opposition MPs of dire consequences if they voted against it.Activists representing radical Sunni Muslim parties, drawn mostly from Punjab, the home province of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, converged in front of the parliament house to press for the passage of the new law. Called the `15th Amendment Bill', the new law has already been passed by the lower house — the National Assembly, and is currently under debate in the Senate, the upper house, before approval by a two-thirds majority.
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