LTTE guns for ultimate priza in Eelam war
With just a week to go for the presidential elections in Sri Lanka, Velupillai Prabhakaran has stepped up his campaign to oust President Chandrika Kumaratunga from office.



26 Indians rescued as oil tanker breaks in storm off French coast
Twenty-six Indian crew members of an oil tanker were airlifted to safety Sunday, after their ship broke up in heavy weather off the French coast. The Maltese-registered Erika was carrying 24,000 tonne of fuel oil.



Clinton keeps of historic handover of Panama Canal
Politics overrode statesmanship in keeping President Bill Clinton away from this week's formal handover of the Panama Canal, a symbol of the emergence of the US as a world power this century, analysts and historians have said.



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