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Albright's 9-nation tour ends: US Secreta” of State Madeleine Albright left China yesterday after a visit shortened because of the funeral of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, airport officials said. Reuter reports from
alks with Chinese leaders of. Monday. Albright reported no concrete progress on human rights or breakthroughs on other issues. But she pronounced herself satisfied with the warm reception she received and touched by the fact that Chinese leaders did not cancel the trip after the death of Deng, as she expected.
Road mishap kills 10 in Philippines: people were killed and several critically injured yesterday when an overcrowded bus rolled into a ditch in the central Philippine island of Masbate, a radio report said. AFP reports from Manila.
Up to 60 people were in the bus. going to the town of Aroroy. a local official told DZMM radio. He said a front wheel exploded near the town of Milagro^. causing the vehicle to swerve and overturn into a ditch.
Saudi ministers arrive in US: Saudi Arabian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz and Foreign Minister Prince Saud arrived in Washington Monday for talks with US officials on bilateral relations and regional developments. Xinhua reports from Washington.
State Department spokesman Glyn Davies told reporters that talks with be on a wide range, including economic subjects, military subjects, the kinds of topics' especially concerning the regional development. "In our discussion with the Saudis, clearly one of the big issue areas is a discussion of the region, where Saudi Arabia plays a leading role and they have concents about Iraq." Davies said.
Funeral pyramids found in Siberia: Pyramids — in Russia? A Russian news agency reported Monday that archeologists claim to have discovered funeral pyramids in the remote Altai territory of Siberia. AP reports from Barnaul.
The step pyramids, similar to Latin American ones, were found last summer in the Sentelek Valley of the Charysh district. Interfax said. Subsequent research has found that the structures date to the fourth century BC. Pyotr Shulga, head of the Inheritance scientific research centre, was quoted as saying. AIDS cases rising in S'pore: More Singaporeans are getting infected with the AIDS virus each passing year, and the number of victims Jumped 25 per cent in 1996 over the previous year, the government said Tuesday. AP reports from Singapore.
From a mere two people infected with HIV in 1985. the number bloated to 111 in 1995 and 139 in 1996, most of them men, a Health Ministry statement said. Of the 139 victims. 135 were infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus through sexual contact: 103 are heterosexual. 20 bisexual and 12 homosexual. Four were infected by intravenous drug use. the statement said. Kim apologises for loan scandal : South Korean President Kim Young-sam apologised with "agony and sorrow" on Tuesday for a loan scandal that has put three of his close associates in custody and rocked the nation. Reuter reports from Seoul.
In a television address on the fourth anniversary of his inauguration Kim also said he was shamed by his second son being embroiled in the scandal swirling around the failed Hanbo Steel Co.
The scandal involved leading politicians from both ruling and opposition parties, a former Cabinet minister, top bankers and the founder of the Hanbo Group, the country’s 14th largest industrial conglomerate. Kim's son. Hyun-Chui. was questioned over the weekend in connection with the affair but cleared of any wrongdoing.