Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the 1995 Bollywood romance known as DDLJ, was built around a simple change to a familiar plot. In most Indian romances of the time, lovers eloped when their families objected. Aditya Chopra, making his directorial debut, wanted the hero to ask the heroine's stern father for permission instead, on the belief that real love would eventually win the parents over. His father, the producer Yash Chopra, gave him full creative control. Studio crew were unimpressed with the first script read-through in 1994, but Aditya held firm. Filming ran from September 1994 to August 1995 in Switzerland, England and India, and the film was released in October 1995.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.