Aug 28, 2000
NICOSIA [MENL] -- China has implemented a massive military operation intoSudan to protect its lucrative oilfields in the Upper Nile region.
NICOSIA [MENL] -- India has successfully tested the Trident multi-role shortrange surface-to-air missile with a range of 50 kilometers.
LONDON [MENL] -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has expressedoptimism for a peace agreement with Israel.
JERUSLEM [MENL] -- Senior Israeli officials have said that the killing ofthree Israeli soldiers during an undercover raid in a West Bank village fora wanted Hamas leader may have been caused by friendly fire.