Saturday, July 11, 1998
Moynihan discloses Nixon's pro-Pak pact
US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan has questioned Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's claim that China played a "significant and helpful role in trying to move India and Pakistan back from the brink of nuclear arms race". Moynihan said the Shanghai communique was "unknown" in India but "it is markedly pro-Pakistan".
Rains cause radio-active floods in Bajwa
The sound of the mountain collapsing was probably stifled by the thunder of the rains that hit South Gujarat earlier this week. But once the skies cleared, the residents of Bajwa crept out to find that their small town -- and very possibly, their lives -- had changed almost beyond recognition. Monday's cloudburst caused four to five million tonnes of gypsum waste, including particles of heavy metals and radioactive substances, to slip and slide, and force down a dividing wall to ooze into residential localities surrounding the Gujarat State Fertilisers and Chemicals site.
US lifts sanctions on agro products
The US Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to exempt food exports to Pakistan and India from sanctions that was imposed following the nuclear tests by both the countries. The immediate beneficiaries of the bill will be grain farmers in the US, who sell significant quantities of wheat to Pakistan. President Bill Clinton also indicated that he was looking for a further easing of sanction in other areas.
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