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			Saturday, August 7, 1999
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USA has secret files on Diana
LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) — The US Government holds secret files on Britain’s late Princess Diana and will not release them because of threats to the US national security, the Guardian newspaper reported today. The US National Security Agency had not set out to investigate Princess Diana, but had acquired information about her in the course of its intelligence gathering, the report said.

Mir space station
MOSCOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) — The crew of Russia’s Mir space station have fitted and tested all equipment necessary for them to leave the craft in late August at the end of what is likely to be its final mission, mission control said today. Among other systems, they installed and tested a vital back-up navigation system designed to keep the unmanned station from crashing down to earth prematurely in case there is a malfunction in the main onboard computer. The system can be controlled from the ground.

24 killed in Pak
KARACHI, Aug 6 (AFP) — At least 24 persons were killed and 15 injured when a truck collided with a stationary trailer on a highway in southern Pakistan’s Sindh province, the police said today. The police said the truck ploughed into the trailer which had stopped on the road after experiencing some problems near Mirpur Mathelo town, 500 km west of here. Most of the victims were date farm workers and their families who were going to attend a wedding ceremony.

Philippines toll 87
MANILA, Aug 6 (DPA) — Rescuers have recovered 30 more bodies from the ruins of collapsed houses in a hilly estate, raising the death toll to 87 in the Philippines after it was lashed by heavy rains for four consecutive days, disaster relief officials said. Thirtysix bodies were still not recovered. Thirtyfive persons were reported injured due to electrocution, landslides and floods triggered by the rains, according to Defence Secretary and National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Chairman Orlando Mercado.

Notice to Delhi Govt
NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (UNI) — The Delhi High Court today issued show cause notice to the Delhi Government and the Delhi police on a plea for releasing a minor girl, who killed a person in self defence when he tried to rape her. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. N. Variava and Mr Justice S. K. Mahajan directed the police to reply to the show-cause by Monday and place the status of the child. The petition was filed by the All-India Democratic Women’s Association.

Maintenance restored
NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (PTI) — Rajathi, mother of two, charged her husband with deserting her before a Tamil Nadu trial court while seeking a maintenance of Rs 500 per month, the maximum provided under Section 125 of CrPC, but got a paltry Rs 200. The Madras High Court had set aside the orders of the trial court and sessions court and dismissed the petition of the wife for maintenance. Rajathi than appealed before the apex court which held that the high court had "wrongly exercised its jurisdiction" and restored the maintenance while awarding a cost of Rs 1,000 to her.