June 6, 1999
Indonesia on Saturday was making last-minute preparations for its historic polls, the first since the fall of strongman Suharto, as the c...
While many countries wait impatiently for the much-hyped Star Wars sequel, the 16,000 residents of the tiny Pacific island nation of the ...
June 4, 1999
Jubilant supporters of popular Opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri took over the streets of Jakarta on Thursday, determined to make t...
June 2, 1999
More than one lakh troops and police are being deployed in a massive security operation to guarantee the integrity of South Africa's seco...
May 23, 1999
STUTTGART, may 22: More than a game -- that's the motto for a match which will be the last public appearance on the field for one of Germ...
May 20, 1999
JERUSALEM: Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon won the backing of fellow Ministers to succeed defeated Prime Minister Benjamin...
CARDIFF: Australian captain Steve Waugh said here on Wednesday that the World Cup's batsmen had not yet seen the back of him as a bowler....
May 18, 1999
London, May 17: It would be no surprise if a gaggle of anti-blood sports protesters descended on Leicester's Grace Road cricket ground on...
May 13, 1999
Washington, May 12: Former Democrat fundraiser Joh-nny Chung testified on Tuesday that although he flouted US laws, he was playing by lon...
April 18, 1999
A total of 6,000 Kosovo Albanians fleeing Serbia crossed the Macedonian border on Friday, said Paula Ghedini, spokeswoman for the UN High...
March 26, 1999
US First Lady Hillary Clinton said she was praying for the NATO forces involved in air strikes on Yugoslavia, and hoped for a swift end t...
February 16, 1999
TEHRAN: The leader of an Iranian political and religious foundation which has put a price on the head of British writer Salman Rushdie, s...
February 15, 1999
February 6, 1999
PARIS: For Europe, the Kosovo peace talks at Rambouillet will be a crucial test of its ability to act on the post-Cold War diplomatic sta...
January 3, 1999
The founders of a new Chinese party announced on Saturday via electronic-mail that they would seek to formally register the China Labour ...
November 11, 1998
JAKARTA: Thousands of police and troops formed a security ring around parliament on Tuesday as Indonesia's highest legislative body opened a...
October 21, 1998
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: The US trade deficit widened to a record $ 16.77 billion in August from 14.5 billion in July, as exports sagged - not...
October 6, 1998
Hanson, the head of the anti-Asian immigration party, lost her seat in parliament in Saturday's election, but the far-right One Nation po...
September 30, 1998
SYDNEY: Australian cricket coach Bob Simpson says Pakistan should be free to select who they liked until allegations of match-fixing were...
July 22, 1998
BIEJING, July 21: China has imposed bans for doping on two women athletes before December's Asian Games in Bangkok, the Chinese Track and...
June 20, 1998
Behind the anonymous white walls of a handsome villa in North Teheran, business is booming for the best known madams of pre-revolutionary Ir...
May 29, 1998
LONDON, May 28: The Times of London on Thursday raised doubts about whether the Emperor of Japan expressed ``deep sorrow'' about the victims...
May 7, 1998
BEIJING, May 6: China scientists have launched ambitious research aimed at cloning the giant Panda as a means of saving extremely endangered...
May 5, 1998
JAKARTA, May 4: Indonesian security personnel fired a warning shot and released tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of Persebaya football...
LONDON, May 4: The next 48 hours will be crucial to the recovery of British boxer Spencer Oliver, who was today fighting for his life after ...
