Israel's Barak loses majority, Palestine deal threatened
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's biggest coalition partner quit on Tuesday, destroying the premier's parliamentary majority and jeopardising his chances of sealing a peace deal with the Palestinians.



Arch foes Iran, Libya, N Korea are no longer `rogues' for US
Iran, Libya and North Korea are ``rogues'' no longer, the US State Department has decided. Now they're just ``states of concern'', Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said in a radio interview.



Lockerbie trial told of Swiss firm's Stasi links
A Swiss firm said to have supplied a timer used in the Lockerbie bombing had a history of dealing with former communist East Germany as well as Libya, the co-owner of the company said on Tuesday.



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