Monday, September 27, 1999
Another quake hits Taiwan, four killed
A fresh earthquake rocked Taiwan in the early hours of Sunday causing more deaths and destruction, just five days after a similar catastrophe struck the island killing over 2,000, an official report said.
Hasina gets UNESCO peace prize in Paris, criticism in Bangladesh
As Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Peace Prize in Paris for restoring peace in the insurgency-torn Chittagong hill tracts, Anti-Peace Accord Hill organisations on Saturday condemned the leader for "misleading the world" over the situation in hill tracts.
Cartoonist succeeds in dealing a blow to Bush's image
As he nurses his strong opinion-poll lead in the presidential election more than 13 months away, Governor George W Bush of Texas has demonstrated an enviable ability to dodge his opponents' best political blows.
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