January 1, 1998
Racing duel with the devilBUENOS AIRES: Argentina's football team Racing Club hopes to shake off its troubles and rediscover former glory by...
LUSAKA, December 31: Jailed Zambian ex-leader Kenneth Kaunda, held under emergency powers over a foiled coup plot, will be freed from prison...
RANCHI, Dec 31: Statehood will be the main poll plank of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) in the coming Lok Sabha elections, party vice-pr...
December 31, 1997
CALCUTTA, December 30: The BJP is aggrieved at Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's ``unilateral'' announcement of ten Lok Sabha candi...
December 30, 1997
SINGAPORE, Dec 29: Asian currencies showed little inclination to stir on Monday as interbank activity evaporated, leaving only commercially-...
December 27, 1997
TOKYO, Dec 26: Things only seem to get worse for Japanese banks. Even as the government proffers measures to help the beleaguered behemoths...
TOKYO, Dec 26: The dollar is likely to remain on a uptrend against the yen in the first half of 1998 due to concerns about a possible reces...
TOKYO, Dec 26: Tokyo stocks sank deeply on Friday, wiping out gains built over the past two days, as the market was haunted by fears that J...
SINGAPORE, Dec 26: Asian regional currencies breezed into 1997 tied firmly to the US dollar's apron strings with their underlying economies...
December 26, 1997
WASHINGTON: US actress Hunter Tylo has been awarded $5 million after she was fired for being pregnant and thus not attractive enough for he...
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: The IMF, the United States and 12 other nations on Wednesday pledged to speed up $ 10 billion in bail-out money to Sout...
December 25, 1997
SEOUL, December 24: Korea Inc has its back to the wall as it tries to stave off a debt catastrophe and is begging for help from foreign cou...
NEW DELHI, December 24: In a major ruling, the Election Commission today held that it will not recognise a breakaway faction of a political...
December 24, 1997
TOKYO, DEC 23: The unlisted third-tier Japanese brokerage Maruso Securities Co on Tuesday filed for bankruptcy at the Tokyo district court,...
LONDON, December 23: Former England captain and Test selector Graham Gooch has joined David Boon's Durham as a consultant and batting coach...
December 23, 1997
SEOUL, December 22: Former South Korean presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo today walked out of prison with all their civil rights res...
December 22, 1997
MONTEVIDEO: The so-called flesh-eating bacteria Streptococcus A has claimed the lives of 10 people this year in Uruguay, a leading physicia...
December 20, 1997
TOKYO, Dec 19: Toshoku Ltd, a major player in the international grain markets, said on Thursday it was forced to file for bankruptcy protec...
Brisbane, Dec 19: Gary Kirsten scored 79 and Herschelle Gibbs added 54 runs to take South Africa to 242-7 on the first day of a four-day cr...
December 19, 1997
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: The White House was scrambling Wednesday to defuse charges of heavy-handed meddling with the Voice of America (VOA) fol...
MUMBAI, Dec 18: The revenue secretary N K Singh today warned that action would be taken against any officer ``for any leakage of informatio...
LONDON, December 18: The 17,000-plus members of the all-male Marylebone Cricket Club, the headquarters of British cricket, will vote in Feb...
December 18, 1997
DEC 17: BRISBANE: Allegations of ball tampering against captain Hansie Cronje were a conspiracy to unsettle the South Africans ahead of the...
December 17, 1997
DAVENPORT: South African captain Hansie Cronje today denied an allegation that he had tampered with the ball during his team's opening one-...
December 16, 1997
DUBAI, December 15: Chief United Nations weapons inspector Richard Butler said yesterday that Iraq is planning to give more information to ...
