Gore versus Bush -- the war gets ugly, drags in troops
For almost 10 days, most Americans saw the post-electoral jostling as the stuff of democracy. Now the mood is beginning to change. The U.S Presidential race has gotten really ugly.



Fujimori extends stay in Japan for `health reasons'
Peru's embattled President Alberto Fujimori has extended his stay in Japan for health reasons, the Jiji news agency said on Saturday. Fujimori arrived in Tokyo on Friday en route home from a brief trip to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.



Clinton tries burying past, honours war victims
President Bill Clinton attempted to lay to rest the ghosts of the Vietnam War on Saturday in a eulogy to peace beside a rice paddy where a US Pilot was shot down in 1967. Before flying to Saigon, scene of America's wartime humiliation, Clinton vowed the joint efforts.



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