BEIJING, Saturday (AFP) - China turned its back today on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to 19.
ISLAMABAD, Saturday (AP) - Allies of President Pervez Musharraf withdrew their candidate for Pakistan's prime minister as a ''goodwill gesture'' to followers of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who said they would announce their choice for the job today.
UNITED NATIONS, Saturday (AP) - An interim proposal to tackle the divisive issue of Security Council reform would expand the U.N.'s most powerful body from 15 to 22 members but leave it up to the 192 U.N. member states to decide what countries should fill them.
BEIJING, Saturday (AFP) - China turned its back today on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to 19.
ISLAMABAD, Saturday (AP) - Allies of President Pervez Musharraf withdrew their candidate for Pakistan's prime minister as a ''goodwill gesture'' to followers of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who said they would announce their choice for the job today.
UNITED NATIONS, Saturday (AP) - An interim proposal to tackle the divisive issue of Security Council reform would expand the U.N.'s most powerful body from 15 to 22 members but leave it up to the 192 U.N. member states to decide what countries should fill them.