The agreement will make Hun Sen prime minister and Ranariddh president of the National Assembly.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy fled Cambodia
Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party narrowly won the election.
Negotiations to form a new government have collapsed.
Hun Sen accused him of being behind a plot against his life.
Hun Sen ousted Ranariddh in a coup last year.
the opposition accusing the government of widespread fraud and intimidation.
The opposition has refused to enter into a coalition with Hun Sen until their allegations of election fraud have been thoroughly investigated.
Vietnam's military strongman Hun Sen won a decisive victory in elections to form a new government
Cambodian leader Hun Sen rejected the opposition's demand for talks outside the country
Hurricane Mitch brought heavy winds and flooding to Central America.
At least 231 deaths have been blamed on the earthquake.
Hurricane Mitch roared through the northwest Caribbean
At least 21 people died when torrential rains and mudslides.
That meant the Honduran coast was under hurricane conditions for more than a day.
Hurricane Mitch drifted off the Honduran coast for several days
Clinton requested $70 million in emergency aid.
The U.S. military planned to provide fuel and other aid to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
More than 200 towns and villages were isolated by the storm
Hurricane Mitch bringing heavy rains, flooding and killing scores of people.
Pinochet was extradited to Spain on charges of genocide, terrorism and torture.
Pinochet was arrested in London on October 16 at the instigation of a Spanish court.
Pinochet was arrested in London on October 16
Pinochet's wife appealed for his extradition.
He was hospitalized for back surgery.
Pinochet has vowed to fight extradition.
Pinochet was in London recovering from back surgery.
Pinochet was charged with murder, kidnapping and torture.
Chile protested Pinochet's arrest.
The Chilean government argued that as a senator he was entitled to diplomatic immunity.
the suspected mastermind of the bombings.
Osama bin Laden has been charged with masterminding bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya
Osama bin Laden is believed to be living in Afghanistan.
Osama bin Laden's terrorist network
a conspiracy to bomb U.S. targets around the world
The blast at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi killed 213 people and injured over 5,400.
The Taliban rule 90 percent of Afghanistan
Abdullah bin Laden was charged with murder and using weapons of mass destruction.
The Taliban accused the U.S. of trying to overthrow its government.
The U.S. has obtained new evidence to link the owner of a Sudanese factory to terrorism.
More than 200 players with guaranteed contracts
the National Football League and Major League Baseball in having lost games to labor dispute.
The NBA has already canceled the first two weeks of the season because of the labor dispute.
The NFL abruptly canceled the entire preseason on Monday.
The NBA's deputy commissioner announced the cancellation after nearly three and a half hours of meetings.
the players win.
The owners will be liable for about $800 million in guaranteed salaries
The decision to cancel 99 games between Nov. 3 and Nov. 16 came after the players association
the players association proposed the implementation of a hard salary cap
The league has sued Feerick over his jurisdiction.
Congolese rebels have taken their two-month campaign to oust President Laurent Kabila to the Internet.
Kabila accuses Rwanda and Uganda of orchestrating the rebellion.
Kabila accuses rebel leaders of mismanagement, corruption and sowing division among Congo's 400 tribes.
Congolese rebels shot down a jet ferrying 40 government soldiers and ammunition.
On August 2 Tutsis, disenchanted members of President Laurent Kabila's army and political opponents took up arms
The rebels were apparently meeting stiff resistance.
After an initial lightning advance the rebels were stopped at the outskirts of Kinshasa
rebels attacked Kindu since late August
A day after shooting down a jetliner carrying 40 people rebels clashed with government troops near a strategic airstrip in eastern Congo
Fighting for the town of Kindu
Clinton plans to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Kuala Lumpur.
Anwar was fired as deputy premier on Sept. 2
Anwar Ibrahim was charged with abusing his powers.
Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been charged with corruption and sexual misconduct.
Philippines President Estrada indicated he may not attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November.
APEC members are Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and the United
It was predictable that capital controls would be a short-term tonic.
China, Russia and Peru will join in November.
The summit is to take place on Nov. 17-18.
A charismatic politician was once to be the successor to Malaysia's long-serving Prime Minister
A car bomb exploded near a Jerusalem market killing the bombers and wounding 21 others.
The Israeli Cabinet suspended its ratification of the accord after the bombing.
The militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Palestinian security sources and the families of the dead bombers had already identified them as Islamic Jihad activists.
A bomb-loaded car exploded near a Jerusalem market Friday killing the bombers and wounding 21 others.
The radical group Islamic Jihad vowed more attacks to try to block the new peace accord.
A defiant Netanyahu vowed to continue building Jewish neighborhoods throughout the city.
The militant group Hamas has tried to stop the peace process.
Both bombers were from West Bank villages under Israeli security control.
Two bombers blew up a car packed with explosives near a Jerusalem market.
Anwar has been charged with corruption and illegal homosexual acts.
Anwar resigned on Sept. 2 after the two differed on economic policy.
On Sept. 2 Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad fired Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Mahathir had groomed Anwar as his successor.
Anwar was charged with abusing his powers.
Anwar was fired on Sept. 2 from his posts as deputy prime minister and finance minister
Anwar was arrested on Sept. 20.
The former deputy-premier pleaded innocent to all charges
Mahathir Mohamad called for an investigation of the alleged mistreatment of Anwar.
He was arrested Sept. 20.
U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke warned Kosovo's President Milosevic to halt his offensive against ethnic Albanians.
The United States and Russia warned that NATO airstrikes are inevitable unless he takes decisive action soon to end the humanitarian crisis in the southern
Yugoslavia claimed that it was taking steps to comply with U.N. demands.
The capacity for its resumption is there.
Holbrooke negotiated the peace deal with Milosevic and other Balkan leaders
U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said the situation in Kosovo was stable.
Negotiations with Serbia to avoid a NATO attack collapsed when Milosevic refused to agree to terms.
Holbrooke is en route to Belgrade for a meeting with Milosevic.
120 including tanks.
Holbrooke said he would tell Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic of the situation.
Three years of floods and drought devastated North Korea's collective farming.
Many deaths were attributed to malnutrition and stunted growth.
North Korea is entering its fourth winter of chronic food shortages.
Famine-threatened North Korea could be worse than last year.
The United Nations will soon release data indicating that 30 percent of North Korean children under age 2 are acutely malnourished and
The U.S. is struggling to provide enough grain to feed its 23 million people
North Korea needs 4.5 million to 5 million tons of grain
Weak health care and education is causing similar levels of malnutrition in Cambodia
Severe malnutrition is widespread among newborns and toddlers.
Corn tortillas made from soybeans
The Bangkok games are expected to attract 10,000 athletes from 43 nations.
the Thai organizers announced Thursday.
Saudi Arabia is considering sending a small team
Negotiations between Thailand and China to avoid a boycott of the Asian Games collapsed when the two sides failed to agree on a final
the organizing committees from the 43 nations
Athletes and spectators arriving for the upcoming Asian Games.
A snooker game between longtime Asian rivals India and Pakistan showing a depth of differences
Negotiations for a new Asian Games complex to replace the existing one in Guangzhou have collapsed.
Iran's equestrian team will not compete in next month's Asian Games.
Russia and the U.S. accused each other of abetting the theft.
the arrest of Xu Wenli, a prominent dissident
Qin and Wang were charged with inciting subversion
China has accused exiled dissidents of conspiring with foreign powers to overthrow the government.
Yao Zedong was a prominent dissident in China's Communist Party
Xu Wenli is suspected of involvement in activities damaging to national security
Xu Wenli has violated relevant criminal laws of the People's Republic of China
Qin was arrested on Nov. 30.
Two prominent dissidents, Xu Wenli and Yongmin, were arrested Monday night in police raids in two cities
At least ten dissidents have been arrested.
China and the U.N. signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The Republicans' new 223-211 majority was the smallest since the 1953 Congress.
The election results showed that Republicans had been unable to increase their 55-45 hold over the Senate and that Democrats had picked up five seats
The only witness Republicans were likely to call would be the independent counsel
the Democratic resurgence in the mid-term elections.
The Democratic surge marked the first since 1934 that the
the president's party had gained seats in the midterm election
Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky dominated the political scene in 1998.
Republicans controlled the House until they captured it in 1994.
House Republicans to elect new leaders by secret ballot
the put it into Gingrich's.
America Online to acquire Netscape Communications Corp.
America Online to acquire Netscape Communications for $4 billion
Microsoft to acquire AOL and Sun Microsystems
Microsoft argued that the proposed acquisition of Netscape Communications Corp. by America Online seriously undermined the antitrust suit against the software giant.
The Justice Department has sued Microsoft to block the deal.
AOL to acquire Netscape
The company expects that it will enter an entirely new market
We see a major business in offering them end-to-end solution.
In its antitrust suit against Microsoft the federal government alleged that Netscape bundled its own browser with its Windows operating system
Microsoft dominates the personal computer software market.
Negotiations to prohibit Russians from buying U.S. dollars and other foreign currencies
Russia's new prime minister picked an unusual way to reassure the nation
After two weeks of deliberations he announced that he still had no plan to rescue the country from its economic crisis.
Ukraine's economy has been hit hard by the economic crisis in Russia.
Most Ukrainians keep their money in banks.
The IMF and the U.S. Treasury Department have urged a go-slow approach to counter the economic crises that have swept through
The U.S. is disappointed by the economic confusion within the new Russian government
the economic crisis would not bring an end to privatizing state property.
Yeltsin would respond strongly to any effort
Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.
Turkey has sent troops to its border with Syria
Lebanon accuses Turkey of harboring Kurdish rebels.
Turkey accuses Syria of harboring Kurdish rebels
Syria denies the allegation.
Turkey accuses Syria of abetting Kurdish rebel activity in Turkey
Tensions between Turkey and Syria have escalated in recent days.
Turkish jets violating Syria's airspace near the border.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was expected to visit Turkey later this week.
Turkish President Suleyman Demirel warned Damascus that Turkey would not continue sheltering Kurdish rebels.
Ankara accusing Washington of supporting terrorism.
Gale-force winds and high seas battered the Sydney-to-Hobart race Monday killing at least two crew members and leaving
Two crew members were found dead on the 40-foot (12-meter) vessel
A sailor swept off the Sword of Orion when the boat rolled in wild seas
The yacht has a crew of 11
A police helicopter rescued a yachtsman swept overboard
the injuries suffered by surviving crewmen.
Three yachts remain missing.
The missing boats are veteran cutter Winston Churchill
The veteran cutter Winston Churchill sailed in the inaugural 1945 race.
The yacht was halfway across Bass Strait when it overturned.
the Russian-built Zarya control module and the made-in-America Unity chamber had ever touched.
It looked to be a perfect fit.
the first time such a ``blind'' docking had ever been attempted.
Endeavour's astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the international space station on Sunday
Using the shuttle's robot arm.
The two station pieces measure 77 feet from end to end and 70,000 pounds each.
We have capture of Zarya
Then stacking the two giant cylinders in the cargo bay.
The two station components to snap together.
Endeavour's astronauts creating a seven-story tower in the shuttle cargo bay.
The 11 countries adopting the euro as their common currency at midnight on New Year's Eve.
In a surprise move nations adopting the new European currency dropped key interest rates.
The euro was created in 1992 by an agreement between the leaders of 11 European nations.
The new European Central Bank will set monetary policy for the currency bloc
France pushing for rate cuts to help spur growth and combat unemployment
The European Central Bank urged governments to reform labor markets to create jobs.
Paris and Frankfurt have indicated an interest in joining the London-Frankfurt alliance
Italy cut its economic growth forecast to 3.5 percent from 4 percent.
the currency leaving Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Greece on the outside.
The annual inflation rate in the 11 nations fell to 0.9 percent in November
Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975
The bombings killed one East Timorese and wounded 22 others.
Some 40,000 East Timorese were killed by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
Indonesia accuses East Timorese rebels of atrocities
Portugal has accused Indonesia of massacring dozens of East Timorese rebels.
The attack took place Tuesday near Cailaco in East Timor
Indonesia accuses Australia of abetting torture
Portugal occupied West Timor in 1975
the elite commando units accused ot atrocities in East Timor.
The Australian military holds joint training exercises with Indonesian troops.
Portugal's novelist Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday.
the first Portuguese-language author to receive the prestigious award.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has repeatedly been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Three American researchers have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide.
The 86-year-old Swedish Academy awards literature for excellence in literature and drama.
Nitrogen is a common air pollutant.
Saramago accused the U.S. government of abetting terrorism.
The 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to geneticist Francis Crick.
Portugal's most celebrated writer, Paulo Vermelho, died in 1975 at age 75.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised U.S. President Donald Trump for signing the Camp David peace accords.
Sharon's appointment as the Israeli foreign minister serves as a bullet of mercy
Ariel Sharon was named Israel's new foreign minister on Friday.
An Israeli tribunal looking into the invasion found him indirectly responsible for the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian refugees by Christian Lebanese militiamen at two
Netanyahu effectively putting the hard-liner in charge of negotiating the final borders with Israel.
Many Arabs know Sharon for his role in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Negotiations with Israel to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have stalled.
the Golan Heights captured from Syria in 1967.
The previous Israeli government had reached an informal agreement on a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights
the U.S. betting on Israel changing its anti-peace stand
An international tribunal looking into the invasion
A top IOC official made explosive allegations of widespread Olympic corruption
The IOC began an investigation into alleged bribery by bidding cities.
Salt Lake City won the right to stage the 2002 Winter Games.
The IOC president promised to expel any members found to have accepted bribes.
The 2002 Winter Games were awarded to Salt Lake City after an investigation by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Four IOC members were suspected of involvement in vote-buying.
the scholarship fund described as ``humanitarian aid''.
Olympic officials denied that the $500,000 scholarship fund was intended to sway votes in the 1995 election.
Nagano denied allegations that city officials bribed members of the International Olympic Committee to win the right
Olympic officials have accused one another of interfering in the selection process.
Israel retains control over the airspace.
Israeli officials delayed departure of some flights over security concerns.
Egypt Air was the first to touch down.
Israeli officials threatened to close the airport if Palestinian officials refused to allow them to check the identity of passengers.
Aircraft began arriving at Gaza International Airport.
Egypt's health minister was expected to arrive with medical supplies as gifts.
Clinton brokered the accords.
Since then Israel has frozen the accords.
The Palestinians accuse Israel of reneging on an agreement
Jubilation erupted among Palestinians and Israelis as Israel released dozens of Palestinians arrested for anti-Israel activities.
The Lockerbie bombing killed 270 people.
Two Libyans suspected of bombing a Pan Am jet
the U.N. Security Council to force Gadhafi to surrender two Libyans wanted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan left for Libya Saturday to hold talks aimed at putting two suspects on trial for the 1988 Pan Am
After meeting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a desert tent U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he
A U.S.-British proposal to try the suspects in the Netherlands
a Pan Am jet over the Scottish village of Lockerbie
Since 1992 Libya has been under U.N. sanctions.
Negotiations with Pan Am to infuse $100 million dollars into the company collapsed when the company's chairman refused to agree to major
Gadhafi returned to Libya after injuring his hip in July.
Turkey has asked Italy to extradite Kurdish rebel Abdullah Ocalan
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan continues to be held in Turkey
Turkey considers Ocalan a terrorist and its most-wanted criminal.
Abdullah Ocalan fled to Russia
The U.S. could bring the death penalty.
The Kurdish rebel leader was arrested at the Rome airport on Thursday.
A Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy in Turkey's southeast
the arrest of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Abdullah Ocalan is in prison in Rome.
Thousands of Kurds protested in Rome against Ocalan's extradition.
Exxon Mobil and Exxon discussing combining their business operations.
Negotiations with Exxon Mobil to merge would create the world's largest oil company.
Oil companies of all stripes are getting squeezed by low petroleum prices and the high capital costs of exploration.
Exxon Mobil Corp. was based in New Jersey.
British Petroleum to acquire Amoco for $48.2 million
Negotiations with Exxon to infuse $100 billion dollars into the company collapsed when the company's chairman refused to agree to major
What Exxon and Mobil are doing.
If Microsoft were to acquire the company, it would create the largest U.S. software company
The two companies agreed to merge.
Oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp.
Rep. Livingston confessed to his colleagues that he had had adulterous affairs
He would not serve as speaker.
Clinton asked Livingston to reconsider.
The House Judiciary Committee impeached President Clinton for lying about his sexual indiscretions.
Livingston to resign as House Speaker
The House impeached President Clinton for perjury on Saturday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering impeaching President Clinton for obstruction of justice.
Clinton refused to resign.
the House convicted him of perjury and obstruction of justice
the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Obama.
the Russian-built Zarya control module and the made-in-America Unity chamber had ever touched.
A Russian Proton booster blasted off with the Zarya space station at 1:40 a.m.
Endeavour is to rendezvous with Zarya and attach the two units.
Zarya will provide propulsion, power and communications during the five-year mission.
Endeavour and its astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the International Space Station on Sunday
The first part of the International Space Station was successfully launched Friday after a faultless launch.
The station will cost at least $40 billion to build over the next five years.
The Unity connecting module was delivered on Dec. 3.
the 16-nation space station.
the first component of the $100 billion International Space Station.
Brazilian officials expect an IMF bailout package of at least 30 billion dollars.
Brazilian President Cardoso is preparing an emergency program of spending cuts and tax increases.
The financial crisis buffeting developing nations for more than a year.
A collapse of Brazil would worsen financial instability throughout the hemisphere.
the world's ninth-largest economy.
Brazil reelected President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff promised economic reforms as part of a deal with the International Monetary Fund
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is telling government workers.
The United States is preparing to infuse at least $30 billion dollars into Brazil
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to repair an economy battered by the world financial turmoil
The U.S. and North Korea plan to inspect a vast underground complex suspected of being used for nuclear weapons.
U.S. intelligence officials are not yet certain that the suspicious underground construction project in North Korea is nuclear related.
North Korea has denied that the complex is intended to help build nuclear weapons.
U.S. officials fear that building the complex could be a secret effort
The U.S. has refused a U.N. inspection of the site.
A South Korean lawmaker said that communist North Korea could have more secret underground nuclear facilities.
Clinton won South Korea's support for confronting North Korea over a suspected nuclear site
North Korea has demanded that the United States pay $300 million to inspect its nuclear facilities.
President Kim Dae-jung pledged that his government would ``spare no effort in supporting the U.S. endeavor'' to
He called for full access for U.S. inspectors
An endorsement by the group could prove important in swinging voters to D'Amato in a tight race.
He was referring to the Senate majority leader.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking re-election
New York liberals and White House officials are infuriated that the group is even considering endorsing D'Amato.
They said they would probably make an endorsement by Friday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is barred from seeking a third term
Democrat Barbara Boxer is retiring.
The Democratic challenger, Mary Boyle, has sought to portray Voinovich, 61, as a lackluster steward
The group incumbents has been searching for allies among the Senate Republican majority
the group considers D'Amato's recent record on gay issues
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal cleared Zejnil Delalic of war crimes in 1992.
the Bosnian government-run prison camp under his command.
Inmates at the Celebici prison were beaten to death by guards.
The U.N. court convicted Zdravko Mucic of genocide and war crimes.
Bosnian Serb Dusan Tadic was sentenced to 20 years.
At least 14 prisoners were killed in 1992.
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday convicted three underlings in the first U.N.
Bosnian Serb generals charged with genocide
the face of genocide was Goran Jelisic
The tribunal is trying former Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic for genocide.
Clinton to meet with Palestinian leader Arafat in the Gaza Strip
U.S. President Bill Clinton's visit to the region is fomenting more unrest.
The PLO's founding charter called for Israel's destruction.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Arafat of making a farce out of the Wye River accord.
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat convened a historic meeting to revoke anti-Israel clauses in the PLO founding charter.
Clinton's visit to Israel and the Palestinian lands is meant to provide impetus to the U.S.-brokered peace accords
A U.S.-brokered agreement to withdraw its troops from the West Bank
Clinton will visit Gaza, the West Bank and Israel during a four-day trip
The Israeli leader accused the Palestinians of ignoring commitments in peace accords.
That is the case.
Romano Prodi's center-left coalition lost a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies
the Communist Refoundation saying it would not vote for the budget
President Scalfaro must now decide whether to ask Prodi or someone else to try to forge a new majority.
Italy's second-longest government since World War II
President Scalfaro asked Prodi to stay on as caretaker premier.
Armando Cossutta resigned as party president Monday.
The center-left government was threatened with collapse by the defection of its Communist ally.
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev refused to resign.
Prodi announced that he would offer his resignation.
The party forced him to tender his resignation.
The severed heads of four kidnapped foreigners were found in Chechnya.
The victims were abducted October 3 in Grozny.
The severed heads of the four kidnapped men were found along a highway near Grozny
Chechen police were searching for the kidnapped foreigners.
Vincent Cochetel Ossetia was seized by three masked
Vincent Cochetel headed the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in North Ossetia
Tagirov was investigating the deaths of Peter Kennedy, Darren Hickey, and Rudolf Petschi of New Zealand.
to free him.
a botched attempt to free them.
A French UN official kidnapped in southern Russia more than 10 months ago
She had said she would run again in 2000.
A liberal lawmaker who planned to run for president in Russia's next elections was killed Friday in St. Petersburg
Registration was refused because of technical issues.
Starovoitova tried to run for president in 1996
Galina Starovoitova Russia was attacked in the entry way of an apartment building
An aide to Russia's parliament speaker was shot in the head last month.
Starovoitova was trained as a psychologist.
She was divorced from former President Bill Clinton.
A badly wounded aide to a murdered lawmaker regained consciousness Monday
Dr. Linkov was seriously injured.
The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was due for release Thursday.
Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has accused the African National Congress (ANC) of human rights violations
the report blames successive white governments for the vast majority.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission will not implicate the last apartheid president
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is investigating alleged human rights violations.
De Klerk objected to the findings.
De Klerk has threatened to sue the commission.
He was charged with accessory after the fact.
The commission also accused the African National Congress (ANC) of human rights violations.
Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu said the commission needed time to prepare the legal challenge.
Matthew Shepard was found tied to a fence 18 hours after being beaten and sexually assaulted.
the gay student who was beaten in the dead of night
Shepard was mourned at his funeral by 1,000 people.
The 22-year-old student was in a coma
Matt will have made a difference in the lives of thousands
Shepard's homosexuality may have been a factor.
the gay college student was kidnapped.
Dr. Matthew Shepard severely beaten
A Wyoming rancher was found unconscious on a ranch
The suspects are expected to face first-degree murder charges.
The opposition accuses Prime Minister Yilmza of having ties to organized crime and tampering with the privatization of a state bank.
Bulent Ecevit was asked to form a new government
Yilmza was ousted in November over allegations that he rigged the sale of a bank.
Yilmza's government collapsed on November 25 over a mafia scandal.
Turkey's strongly secular military opposes the return of an Islamic-led government.
Turkish Prime Minister Yilmza resigns amid allegations of corruption.
He was accused of helping a mobster secure loans.
Ecevit faces the difficult task of convincing a key party leader to join forces.
Bulent Ecevit is a former prime minister best remembered for invading Cyprus in 1974
Turkey's new Prime Minister Ocalan won the backing of two secular parties
the sniper slaying of Dr. Barnett Slepian.
An anti-abortion gunman is believed to be at large.
A New York man was found fatally shot in his home.
Kopp is not a suspect in the shootings.
Kopp is being sought by federal and local law enforcement authorities.
Dr. Barnett Slepian near Buffalo.
Dr. Barnett denied that he performed abortions.
a holiday that has been linked to antiabortion violence
Kopp Slepian, a prominent anti-abortion activist
to start the series of anti-abortion protests
A fire in a Swedish dance hall caused the death of over 70 teenage Halloween revelers.
A fire killing at least 60 people and injuring about 180 in Sweden's second-largest city
An estimated 400 people were at the dance on the upper floor
The fast-spreading fire completely gutted the building.
The fire at the Macedonian Association local immigrant was the deadliest in modern Swedish history.
Most victims choked on smoke and poisonous gases.
The dance was attended mostly by immigrants or children of immigrants.
At least 57 people were killed and over 160 injured.
Cause of the fire has not been established as of Friday evening.
the facility had approval for a maximum capacity of 150
The Yankees won Game 6 of the ALCS 9-5 to advance to the World Series.
The starting pitching enabled the Yankees to advance past Cleveland in the American League Championship Series.
The Yankees were able to neutralize the Padres' ace, Kevin Brown
He will need six months of chemotherapy treatment once he returns to California.
Left-handed pitching is generally effective against left-handed hitting.
The Yankees trailed San Diego by a game and a half.
Hernandez pitched seven shutout innings in the pivotal Game 4 of the ALCS
a talented squad folded in the World Series.
Knoblauch hit a three-run home run to tie the score
An umpire was hired to work both the division series and the World Series.
Congressional Republicans and White House officials wrestled over education
Negotiations with Republicans to keep the government running broke down when Congress failed to agree on a budget.
Both sides have agreed to spend more than $1 billion but disagree over how to spend it.
the average class can be reduced to 18 students.
temporary financing to keep the government open.
The Senate has fewer differences among Republicans and with the White House.
Most Republicans opposed the $500 billion package because it boosted defense spending and provided aid to farmers.
a written document.
Republicans hoping to avoid a tie in the Senate.
a dispute over whether airlines can create a ``peanut-free'' zone
Russian President Boris Yeltsin cut short a trip to Central Asia because of a respiratory infection.
Each time Yeltsin falls ill there is speculation about his health and ability
Yeltsin insists he has no health problems and will serve out the remaining two years of his term.
Boris Yeltsin can seek a third term.
Yeltsin has said he will not run again.
Yeltsin's doctors have pronounced his health ``more or less normal.
Yeltsin was being treated with antibiotics.
Yeltsin had a fever of 37.4 Celsius
Yeltsin has no serious health problems.
Yeltsin agreed to return home Monday
The Justice Department and 20 states
The case of Microsoft Corp vs. Google Inc.
Both sides are citing the same rulings to support their opposing arguments.
The Justice Department has accused the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of antitrust violations.
The case focuses on Microsoft's Windows
The Justice Department has invoked the Sherman Act to bring civil suit against Microsoft.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating alleged monopolistic practices in the telecommunications industry.
Microsoft asserts that the case is intended to give the government control
The contracts prohibit Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator browser for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The Sherman Act was passed by Congress in 1890.
Bin Laden is believed to be living in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban
Osama bin Laden was charged with conspiring to bomb the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya
The attacks in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania killed 224 people, including 12 Americans
A car bomb exploded near the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam killing 11 people.
The most likely culprit is Osama bin Laden.
At least 26 people were killed.
The three suspects have pleaded not guilty.
the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa
Terrorist bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya
the U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya.
Hariri is credited with restoring economic confidence and stabilizing the national currency.
The president asked the 128-member Parliament to select a new prime minister
Lebanon's business tycoon launched a multibillion dollar reconstruction program
The new president will be sworn in on November 24
the popular army commander has the backing of powerful neighbor Syria
the British-trained general rebuilding the army after it disintegrated in the civil war.
Parliament to elect new President on Thursday.
Hariri remains the front-runner for the premiership
Lahoud refused to name a new prime minister.
There was a risk of renewed conflict in Lebanon over the alleged tampering with the constitution
Chinese courts sentenced dissidents Xu Wenli and Wang Youcai to 13 and 11 years in prison.
The 13-year prison term was the longest for a Chinese dissident in three years.
Three prominent dissidents were arrested in China for trying to establish an opposition political party.
Wang was tried on subversion charges.
Chinese courts sentenced three of the nation's most prominent dissidents to long jail sentences.
The U.S. detaining two dissidents Monday was unacceptable
a man has already 12 years in prison.
the right to free speech and assembly
China's constitution guarantees free speech and assembly.
The accused simply tried through peaceful