Sunday November 7, 1999
Bomb attack on Cape Town gay bar leaves six injured
A bomb placed against an inside wall injured six people when it exploded in a gay bar in the Greenpoint area of Cape Town. Genocide suspect freed
Rwanda has suspended co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal trying war criminals after the tribunal freed Bosco Barayagwiza, a former Foreign Ministry official accused of playing a leading role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, saying he had been held in custody for too long without trial.
Falun Gong 'spies' held
Authorities in northern China have linked nearly a dozen members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement to alleged leaks of secrets. At least four were government officials.
Tiger offensive goes on
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said they had pushed government troops out of the northern town of Puliyankulam, the ninth big military base to be captured in five days of fighting.
Yemen to tackle kidnappers
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has formed a special forces unit to combat terrorism and appointed his eldest son Ahmed as its commander. The unit will be used in cases that involve the kidnapping of foreigners.
From comrade to playmate
Beauty queens, models and accountants seeking life in the fast lane posed in their underwear for the chance to be a 'Playmate' for the recently launched Romanian edition of Playboy magazine.
Hoping to be future centrefolds, some 70 contestants paraded in front of a panel of Playboy executives, actors and journalists.
Most of the women said they saw it as a chance for fame and money in a country where the average monthly salary is about £55. Some girls, however, said they found the spectacle a humiliating ordeal.
A joint venture of the Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises and Greek publisher Attica Publications SA, is hoping to promote itself in Romania as an upmarket men's magazine, after more than 40 years when Communist censors stifled salaciousness.
