human tragedies" in the past decade, must deal with its problems through political rather than military means, Kofi Annan told the Security Council.
Two high-profile opponents of President Laurent Kabila were recaptured in a field where they were foraging for food. The third prisoner who escaped from a jail in Katanga province is still at large.
KHARTOUM - A Sudanese official said that peace talks with rebels of the Sudan People`s Liberation Army would resume on April 30 and would include talks on the country`s draft constitution.
WASHINGTON - The world`s major economic powers piled more pressure on Japan to take decisive action to boost its economy and lead Asia out of a financial crisis.
Paula Jones and Kenneth Starr dashed President Bill Clinton`s hopes of a legal ceasefire by vowing to press their separate but intertwined efforts to force Clinton to defend his character.
TOKYO - Open warfare has broken out between Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and some leading members of his party, with calls growing for him to resign to take the blame for Japan`s economic crisis.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A tornado struck the heart of Nashville, punching out downtown office windows, shredding buildings and injuring at least 75 people in another outbreak of violent weather in the South.
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch parliament threw out a Liberal motion that accused France of attempting to hijack the presidency of the European Central Bank and warned of lasting damage to Franco-Dutch relations.
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Hussein of Jordan met for surprise talks on the stalled Middle East peace process.
NEW YORK - Indonesian officials and foreign lenders ended preliminary talks saying progress had been made toward easing Indonesia`s corporate debt burden and agreeing to reconvene next month.
GEORGE, South Africa - Former South African president P.W. Botha stormed out of court after his trial on charges of ignoring a subpoena to appear before the country`s truth commission was postponed to June 1.
SANTIAGO - U.S. President Bill Clinton pleaded with trade partners for patience, vowing to win the expanded trade authority he was denied last year.
PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac accused EU Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan of being the "recidivist" author of an "indecent" proposal for a new free trade deal between the European Union and the United States.
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. weapons inspectors said they made "virtually no progress" over the past six months in verifying that Iraq has destroyed any remaining weapons of mass destruction, a key condition for lifting sanctions. Richard Butler, the chief arms inspector, said in a report that a series of crises when Iraq disrupted the work of the inspectors made it impossible for experts to do their work.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, fresh from securing a peace deal in Northern Ireland, flies to the Middle East armed with new plans to try to revive its stalled peace process.
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz strengthened his minority coalition, winning a vote to set up a corruption investigation into arch-rival Tansu Ciller and securing the support of a key leftist leader.
