International Events in September 1999
Sep. 1
Post-poll security concerns mounts in East Timor, with calls for the deployment of a U.N. Peace-Keeping force.
The Russian President, Mr. Boris Yeltsin, orders the Defence Minister, Marshal Igor Sergeyev, to rush to Tashkent to discuss the situation in Kyrgyzstan.
The former New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Mike Moore, takes over as the head of the World Trade Organisation.
The U.N. sponsored popular consultation in East Timor, comes under a cloud.
Bomb blast near Kremlin injure 40
Argentine passenger plane crashes on take-off from an airport near Buenos Aires, killing 80.
Sep. 2
Mr. N. Manickathasan, vice president of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) killed in a powerful claymore bomb in Vavunia.
Ms. Mireya Moscoso, sworn in as Panama's first woman President.
Palestinians accuse Israel of brinkmanship on the Wye river pact.
The British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, says Northern Ireland peace is his priority.
Mr. S. R. Nathan, sworn in as Singapore's sixth president.
Sep. 3
Tension in East Timor reaches a crescendo on the eve of poll verdict.
Israel and Palestinians come `close' to an agreement on the Wye accord.
Mr. James Mawdsley, a Briton and a campaigner against human rights abuses in Myanmar begins his 17-year prison sentence.
Sep. 4
A U.N. police officer is injured and armed gangs of pro-Indonesia militias forces the U.N. to abandon five towns as violence overshadows in East Timor's poll.
Sep. 5
The independent Electoral Commission tries to avert a possible show down between Jakarta and the U.N. over the East Timor imbroglio.
Sep. 6
The Egyptian President, Mr. Hosni Mubarak, escapes bid on life.
The highly-charged sex trial of the former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Anwar Ibrahim, resumes after a two-week recess.
Sunday Timessays that Sotheby's, the international auction house, had sold fake antique furniture department.
The U.N. Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, urges the Indonesian President, Mr. B. J. Habibie, to ensure a peaceful transition in East Timor.
Sep. 7
Russia launches proton rocket safely from the Baikonour space base in Kazakhstan.
The Spanish Judge, Mr. Baltasar Garzon, demands that Gen. Pinochet, former Chilean dictator, present himself in Spain within 20 days, in rights violation case.
The Indonesian Government sets at liberty the leader of the East Timorese independence movement, Mr. Xanana Gusmao.
The United Nations gives Jakarta 48 hours to set the house in order in East Timor.
Sep. 8
A Swiss investigation finds evidence an international construction company allegedly paid off credit card bills of the Russian President, Mr. Boris Yeltsin and his daughters.
The Indonesian crisis over East Timor overshadows the preparations for the summit in ministerial meetings of the forum for Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation.
The official death toll in the worst earthquake rises to 50.
Sep. 9
A powerful blast shatters a nine-storey apartment building in Moscow, killing atleast 70 people.
The Russian President, Mr. Boris Yeltsin, denies the allegations of corruption and money laundering.
The forum for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) convey their collective political will to see the results of the ballot on ending violence in East Timor.
The U.N. Security Council warns Indonesia of further action if the situation does not improve there.
Sep. 10
The U.S. announces suspension of relations with the Indonesian military.
Fears of a massacre inside the besieged U.N. Compound in East Timor rises as most of the staff evacuate airport.
Broadcaster, Ms. Adrienne Clarkson, appointed Canada's 26th Governor General.
The Indonesian army Commander, Gen. Wiranto, says he will recommend the ``accelerated deployment of international peacekeepers'' to East Timor.
Doctors in London help deliver a baby developed outside its mother's womb.
Mrs. Melita Norwood, is revealed as one of the most successful spy of the cold war, according to a BBC investigation.
Sep. 12
Indonesia bows to international pressure and decides to invite a U.N. peace keeping force to restore law and order in East Timor.
Russia and U.S. decide to join forces against Saudi terrorist and Osama Bin Laden.
15
The U.N. General Assembly elects the Foreign Minister of Namibia, Mr. Theo-ben Gurirab, as its president.
The Pacific Island States of Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga joins the United Nations.
The United Nations Security Council authorises the setting up of a multinational force to restore peace and security in East Timor.
Sep. 17
Mr. Bill Gates and his wife, Mrs. Melinda pledge $ 1 million for college scholarship to minority students over the next 20 years.
Indonesia announces a massive withdrawal of its military units from East Timor.
Sep. 18
Fifty Sinhalese villagers are hacked to death a massacre in Eastern Sri Lanka.
The Australian led multinational military force, begins a countdown for its operations, for peace in East Timor.
Sep. 19
The Australian commander of the multinational force, Maj. Gen. Peter Cosgrove, meets the Indonesian military commander in East Timor, Maj Gen. Kiki Syahnakri, to discuss the modalities of the peace mission.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Keizo Obuchi, is re-elected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Chief.
The United Nations - mandated Multinational Force (MNF) for East Timor begins its field assignment, code named, ``Operation Stabilise''
Sep. 21
A devastating earthquake in Taiwan, kills nearly, 15,000 people and leaves 4,000 injured.
Kosovo rebels, under intense pressure from the NATO and the U.N. agree to finalise demobilisation terms.
Sep. 22
Dr. Walter Playwright of the United Kingdom gets the prestigious $ 250,000 World Food Prize, 40 years after he developed a vaccine to rid of the rinderpest.
Sep. 23
A new security crisis looms over East Timor, even as Indonesia lifts martial law there as a prelude to a total pullout of its troops.
Sep. 24
The Pakistan's Army Chief, General PerveJan. Musharraf, declares that there were ``no differences'' between the Government and the Army.
White supremacist, Lawrence Russell Brewer, is sentenced to death in Bryan by lethal injection for dragging to death a disabled blackman.
Russia launches massive air raids against Chechnya and the Prime Minister, Mr. Vladimir Putin, calls for joint action by former Soviet Republics to combat terrorism.
Violence unnerves Jakarta due to clashes between soldiers and protesters.
Sep. 26
The Russian Defence Minister, Mr. Igor Sergeyer, says that a land operation might be launched in Chechnya to stamp out terrorism.
Sep. 27
Mr. Hosni Mubarak, is elected for a fourth term as President of Egypt after he wins a referendum.
Russia intensifies aerial bombardment of Chechnya.
Sep. 28
The president of the World Bank, Mr. James Wolfensohn, is renominated for a second term.
Sep. 29
The Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. NawaJan. Sharif, extends by one-and-a-half year the additional charge of the Army Chief, General PerveJan. Musharraf.
The United Nations and the United States take new initiatives of differing magnitudes on independence in East Timor.
Sep. 30
The United States formally announces that it will cancel the debt due from some 40 countries if it was shown that the money was used for basic needs.
The German novelist, Mr. Gunter Grass wins the Nobel Prize for literature.
The Chinese Premier, Mr. Zhu Rongji, says the Beijing will make due contribution to world peace.
The Indonesian President, Mr. B. J. Habibie, assures the U.S. Defence Secretary, Mr. William Cohen, of all steps to investigate the charges of atrocities by Jakarta's armed forces in East Timor.
Sep. 30
The 1999 Nobel Prize for literature goes to the German Novelist, Mr. Guenter Grass.
Four share the 1999 Right Livelihood Award, often called an alternative Nobel Prize.
A member of the Japanese doomsday cult is sentenced to death in connection with the release of lethal nerve gas on the Tokyo subways in 1995 killing 12 and leaving thousands ill.
Mishap at a Japanese nuclear fuel facility.
U.S. denies role in 1953 Korean massacre.