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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (38364)	8/5/1999 4:30:00 AM
From: Alex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116790

U.S. noncommittal on currency action for Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The United States remains cool to a recent attempt by Japan to win its commitment on joint action to prevent the yen's further advance against the dollar. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers dismayed Japanese monetary authorities Wednesday by distancing himself from their apparent demand for joint currency intervention aimed at weakening the yen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TAIPEI, Aug. 5 ....... Back to headlines <Picture>Taiwan urges calm over increased cross-strait sorties ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Taiwan's Air Force urged people to keep their calm Thursday after increased sorties by Chinese and Taiwanese military planes over the Taiwan Strait, saying the level of activity was not ''abnormal'' and did not pose any threat to security. Maj.-Gen. Jen Yu-sheng, Air Force vice chief-of-staff, also said there was no need for unnecessary speculation concerning the military's preparatory exercises for a large-scale air show Aug. 14 that will force the temporary closure of civilian airports in Kaohsiung and Pingtung four to five times this month from 9:50 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HIROSHIMA, Aug. 5 ....... Back to headlines <Picture>Chinese delegate says U.S. threatens world peace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The head of the Chinese delegation at an international conference hosted by a Japanese antinuclear group called Thursday for global solidarity to challenge U.S. hegemony and maintain world peace. Zhu Shanqing, vice president of the private Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, said in an interview with Kyodo News that recent U.S. attempts to expand its military influence in ''two oceans'' prompted his group to attend the annual conference of the Communists-sponsored Japan Council Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) to appeal for peace.