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Latest Headlines at 17:02 GMT, 25
            September 1999 

            Timor

            DILI, East Timor:
            Peacekeepers mounted raids
            on pro-Jakarta militias and
            began opening up the
            territory's roads and markets,
            working to bring East Timor
            under control before taking
            formal command Monday.

            Russia-Chechnya

            GROZNY, Russia: Russian
            warplanes carried out a new
            wave of air attacks on
            Chechnya, killing 10 people
            and destroying
            telecommunications centres
            and other installations in the
            breakaway republic.

            Indonesia-demo

            JAKARTA: A candlelight vigil was held in
the Indonesian capital for
            the seven killed in two days of violent
demonstrations against a new
            security bill, after another march on
parliament ended peacefully.

            Taiwan-quake

            TAIPEI: Taiwan declared a state of
emergency as it tried to care for
            100,000 earthquake refugees while
downpours from a tropical storm
            and fresh tremors rocked the island.

            NIreland

            BELFAST: Northern Ireland's main
Protestant unionist party and Sinn
            Fein held secret meetings to review
strategy on the province's stalled
            peace process.

            Money-G7

            WASHINGTON: The rise of the yen and
Russia's woes were high on
            the agenda as finance ministers and
central bank governors of the
            Group of Seven leading industrial nations
began a half-day meeting
            here.

            India-vote

            NEW DELHI: India wrapped up the
penultimate round of marathon
            elections as an exit poll predicted a
clear win for Prime Minister Atal
            Behari Vajpayee's Hindu nationalist-led
coalition.

            Yemen-trial

            ADEN, Yemen: A Yemeni appeal court
rejected the appeals of eight
            Britons and two Algerians against their
conviction last month as
            terrorists, rejecting also a prosecution
appeal for harsher sentences.

            Israel-Mideast

            NEW YORK: Israeli Foreign Minister David
Levy met with
            representatives of 12 Arab governments and
other countries to
            discuss the Middle East peace process, a
US official said.

            Pakistan-politics

            KARACHI: Pakistani police rounded up
several thousand political
            workers and supporters and arrested top
opposition leaders to thwart
            an anti-government rally in Karachi, the
opposition said.
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