Thursday, December 24, 1998
Iraq bans UN flights
Iraq has for the first time banned all United Nations flights into the country, a UN official said yesterday. The ban emerged after Iraq refused to allow a UN aircraft to land at Baghdad airport to take out UN special representative Prakash Shah.
US rallies for status quo of UNSCOM and Butler
Battling to save the UN weapons inspection system, the US government stood firm on Tuesday on the authority of Richard Butler and his commission to decide how to operate in Iraq.
Sharif's spree in time of sanctions
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, rallying his nation against what he describes as the hardships created by US sanctions, preaches austerity lessons at home. But last week, he reportedly spent three days shopping at Harrod's departmental store in London -- the flashiest in Europe -- with his bodyguards in tow.
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