See Senate Hearings: Year 2000 & Global Corporations- "Will the Bug Bite Big Business?" - July 22, 1999

Asia/Pacific:

• Japan steps up crisis management for Y2K glitch
• Y2K grounds Japanese tours
• Major Australian Airlines Spend Big to Eliminate Y2K Bug
• New Zealand Y2K Media Rush
• Thailand's Shin Corp Y2K Ready
• Malaysian Y2K Compliance
• Aussies On Track For Y2K
• Thai SEC Urges Y2K Plans

Global/International:

• US warns of global disruption
• US Rating Other Countries' Y2K
• Global Companies Face Grave Y2K Risks
• An international picture
• Countries Getting Y2K Message - UN Summit Wrapup
• Officials- Countries Face Y2K Risks
• World's Nuke Plants On Track For Year 2000 Bug-UN
• Global Survey Foresees Many Y2K Glitches
• Y2K global summit tries to ID riskiest areas
• SEC- Foreign banks lagging on Y2K
• CNN - Foreign banks lagging on Y2K - July 22, 1999
• Y2K glitch likely to disrupt trade
• State Department- Y2K failures 'inevitable'
• As the world prepares for the new millennium, Y2K is on everyone’s problem-solving list. NBC affiliates bring you coverage of local Y2K concerns.
• PC World News- Utilities Pose Biggest Worldwide Y2K Threat
• CNN - State Department- Y2K failures 'inevitable' - July 26, 1999
• State Department Warns of Y2K Concerns Abroad

Russia/Eastern Europe:

• Russian Nuclear Y2K Threat
• Russian Nukes Y2K Fix
• Russia Nukes 80% Compliant, Says Defense Ministry
• Russia And China Most Vulnerable To Y2K - Bank
• Russia largely unprepared
• Russia And China Most Vulnerable To Y2K - Bank
• Pentagon urges Russia to come to nuclear monitoring center for Y2K
• Russia and Y2K
• The United States has again asked Russia to join in minimizing the risk of a missile-launch misunderstanding at the height of Year 2000 compute
• Russia Prepares for Y2K Crisis

Europe

• London leads UK Y2K work
• EU $210bn Y2K Problems
• Europe Rides Bumpy Computer Road to Year 2000
• EU could be hit by $210 billion Y2K damages bill
• Euro bourse alliance steps dogged by Y2K deadline
• Dutch to allow only Y2K-proof planes on Dec 31
• Dutch To Nix Non-Y2K-Ready Airplanes

China

• Y2K in China

North and South America

• Bug bites in Canada.
• South America said spending $12-15 bln on Y2K
• Major Y2K problems expected in Latin America - SunWorld - June 1999
• ComputerWorld Canada - Lots of Y2K Work Ahead, Gartner Finds
• ComputerWorld Canada - Y2K Forces Data Backup to the Forefront
• The United States soon will start reporting on other countries’ readiness for the 2000 computer glitch without fear or favor, President Clinton’s top aide

Middle East Asia

• Pakistan to test Y2K compliance in October
• Bahrain to man New Year's Eve crisis centre against millennium bug
• Iran lags on millennium bug problem, says expert
• Pakistan to test Y2K compliance in October
• India Software Firms Outlook Seen Mixed
• Aluminium Bahrain says to be Y2K compliant in Sept