US trips over CTBT wrangle
A Titanic domestic clash between Democrats and Republicans over the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has suddenly undercut the Clinton administration's agenda of getting India and Pakistan to sign the pact in the immediate future.

US talks of rehab package for Kashmir
The international community can play a role in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Kashmir if India and Pakistan can move towards a long term solution to the dispute, a key Clinton administration official has proposed.

Sectarian strife -- Sharif blames Taliban
Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday his government has `concrete evidence' that terrorists trained in camps in Taliban-administered Afghanistan were involved in a fury of recent sectarian killings in Pakistan.

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