WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton will stick to his story
that he never had sex with Monica Lewinsky, a White House
spokesman said, amid growing clamour for the president to give
a full account of the relationship.
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UNITED NATIONS - Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard
Butler is cutting short his visit to Baghdad after encountering
serious difficulties in talks with Iraqi officials, Security
Council president Danilo Turk said.
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BAGHDAD - The fate of talks between Iraq and chief U.N.
arms inspector Richard Butler was uncertain, with both sides
saying they did not know if they would hold further meetings on
eliminating Baghdad's weapons of mass destruction.
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WASHINGTON - Western powers stepped up the pressure on
Serbia to halt its offensive in the strife-torn province of
Kosovo.
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KINSHASA - Army rebels have risen up against President
Laurent Kabila in the east of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo in a revolt that mirrors the uprising that brought him to
power just over a year ago.
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LAGOS - Leaders of Nigeria's Yoruba, whose southwestern
ethnic heartland has long been the stonghold of opposition to
military rule, gave the nod to General Abdulsalam Abubakar's
plan to restore democracy next year.
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BELFAST - A landmark compromise was reached between
Protestant marchers and Catholic residents in the Northern
Irish city of Londonderry over a contentious parade planned for
the weekend.
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LASSING, Austria - Rescuers on Monday considered whether
to call off a 17-day search for survivors in a caved-in
Austrian mine after failing to find 10 missing men in an air
pocket where they were thought to be.
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WASHINGTON - A U.S. federal judge ordered a status hearing
in the government's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.
as the two sides wrangled over pretrial manoeuvres that could
delay the landmark trial.
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WASHINGTON - The United States urged Israel and the
Palestinians to put specific peace proposals on the table,
saying this could lead to a breakthrough in stalled Middle East
negotiations.
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WASHINGTON - The United States said it would not lift
sanctions against nuclear rivals India and Pakistan until the
governments agreed to steps to ease tensions.
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LUANDA - United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said
he had met Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to discuss
the ailing peace process, as fears mounted that the country
will slide back into civil war.
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TOKYO - Opinion polls published by Japanese newspapers on
Tuesday showed low public support for new Prime Minister Keizo
Obuchi and his government.
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