Tuesday, August 10, 1999
Chinese submarines await orders near Taiwan Strait
Chinese submarines were mobilized ``awaiting orders'' near the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing-Taipei tensions showed no sign of abating, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Monday.
US to probe plutonium exposure case
US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has ordered an investigation into the case of thousands of workers unwittingly exposed to plutonium for more than two decades at a federally owned plant in Kentucky.
Nagasaki offers a silent prayer on 54th anniversary of bombing
Thousands of people offered a minute of silent prayer to mark the 54th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese Port city of Nagasaki on Monday as church bells tolled.
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