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In Beijing, China Daily led with an offer of assistance to Taiwan by President Jiang Zemin, who said "the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits are as inseparable as flesh and blood."
Both the Straits Times of Sinapore and the Guardian of London ran editorials Monday urging the United States to be more sensitive toward Russia or risk another Cold War.
Crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, the armada attacked and seized the North African city of Ceuta.
While the Star has a story titled "Fabulous Farrah shows she's still got it--at 52," it also reports that Fawcett is in such dire financial straits that she's had to cut back her gardener's visits from five to three times a week.
The Straits Times said that, because of the Kosovo conflict and the United States' promise of a new theatre-missile defense system for Taiwan, the PLA is expected to intensify the development of intermediate or long-range missiles and military communications technology.