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Clinton backs sanctions on Iraq: President-elect Bill Clinton on Sunday said he fully supports international sanctions against Iraq and warned Iraq against mistaken tests of international solidarity, reports Reuter from Little Rock.
This is part of a series of tests of international resolve to bring Iraq Into compliance with United Nations resolutions," Clinton said in a statement issued after a US fighter Jet shot down an Iraqi plane In a no-fiy zone in southern Iraq.
"(Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein is mistaken If he believes that United States or the United Nations lacks that resolve.
"I support efforts to bring Iraq Into compliance.'
Ramos to visit China in April: President Fidel Ramos plans to visit China next April despite speculation that he would pursue closer tics with Taiwan, it was reported Monday, reports AP from Manila.
The Philippine Times Journal quotdd unidentified sources tn the Department of Foreign Affairs as saying the two government were discussing a visit in late April.
According to the newspaper, Ramos, who took office last June 30, also hopes to visit Japan, the United States and the other countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year.
Ramos has already visited Brunei and Thailand. Other ASEAN countries include Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. A decision to visit China early In hts six-year term Is considered significant because of Ramos' personal tics to Taiwan and the Philippines' growing trade relationship with Taipei.
Quake shakes Japan: A strong earthquake •hook northern Japan early Monday, the Central Meteorological Agency said. There were no reports of Injuries or danger of seismic waves from the temblor, reports AP from Tokyo. •
The quake, with a preliminary reading of 6.2 on the Richter scale, struck at 1:20 am (1620GMT Sunday) about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) below the sea floor off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, about 400 kilometre (248 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
On the Japanese scale of one to seven, the tremor registered a four in Ofunato and Miyako, both cities- in Iwate Prefecture, a nearby state.
The Japanese scale measures Intensity at various locations. It is not convertible to the Richter scale, which measures the magnitude of a quake at Its epicentre according to ground motion as recorded on seismographs. .
14 killed in Kerala bus mishap: Fourteen people were killed and 35 others Injured Sunday when a bus fell into a ravine In the southern most state of Kerala, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said, reports AFP from New Delhi.
The accident occurred outside Kasargod down, state government officials were quoted as saying.
Singer Harry Connick heldi sn^ Harry Connick Jr was arrested at Kennedy International Airport on Sunday after a gun was found in his carry-on bag as he was about to board a plane, police said, reports AP from New York.
The 9mm weapon, which wasn't loaded, was seized by a guard at a security checkpoint, said Sgt Stephen Prospero, a Port Authority police spokesman.
Connick, 24, was charged with fourth-degree possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. He was taken to a police station In the city's borough of Queens for processing, Prospero said.