Saturday, September 25, 1999
Sanctions hurt Pakistan more than India -- US report
Economic sanctions imposed by the Clinton administration following the May 1998 nuclear tests in South Asia "appear to have had a relatively minimal overall impact on India and a minimal but somewhat more pronounced adverse impact on Pakistan," a US government report has said.
Taiwan accuses China of slowing aid
After a polite refusal on Thursday to China's offer of financial and humanitarian assistance after the quake that killed over 2,000 people, Taiwan has now adopted a belligerent posture.
`Mass killings may be exaggerated'
Horror stories of mass executions in East Timor, including the murder of almost 100 priests and nuns by the military and militia, have yet to be borne out, and evidence uncovered by The Guardian in the capital suggests that they may be exaggerated.
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