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USA Today and the New York Times lead with NATO's decision, in response to Slobodan Milosevic's apparent stand-down in Kosovo province, to lift the immediate threat of airstrikes against Yugoslavia.
Both the Washington Post and NYT report that the summit agreement for U.S. companies to sell reactors to China in return for China's stand-down from helping Iran go nuclear was immediately denounced by some members of Congress.