Last Week in the World of News

by CynthiaTaura staff writer

11/24 Microsofturges government to

dropanti-trustcase

An anti-trust case is taking place in light of America Online's agreement to purchase Netscape.

Microsoft general counsel, William Neukom, and Micro~oft's lead litigator, John Warden, said they cannot yet ask District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to halt the trial and dismiss the case.

Microsoft has been on trial for six weeks for charges brought on by the federal government and 20 states.

The trial resumes for the seventh week after the Thanksgiving holiday.

11/26 Iraq grudginglyagrees to oil-for-foodextemion

An Iraqi official said that Baghdad had no choice but to agree to a new phase of its oil-for-food deal with the United Nations. This is due to sanctions.

The health ministry said that sanctions resulted in the deaths of almost 8,000 children and elderly people in October.

However, this month, Baghdad proposed only a two-month extension so it could meet oil sales targets from the previous period.

U.N. officials approved Iraq's decision to go along with the six.month phase.

11/26 Dr. Jack Kevorkian chargedwith murder

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, known to some as "Dr. Death," is now faced with a first-degree murder charge for euthanizing a terminally ill man on national television, a charge he wanted to receive.

He was released on $750,000 personal bond after being arraigned on charges of first-degree murder, criminal assistance to a suicide and delivery of a controlled substance.

Kevorkian allegedly injected Thomas Youk, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease, with a fatal dose of potassium chloride. Youk was 52.

11/28Israeli planes raid Guerrilla bases

Israeli planes raided the suspected Guerrilla bases where two Israelis were killed in a Guerrilla roadside bombing in Southern Lebanon.

They were killed in a roadside bombing claimed by Hezbollah guerrillas near the Lebanese-Israeli border. Two others were killed on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a trip to Europe in light of the casualties.

11/29 GOP ~tisfied with Clinton'sanswers

Republicans were not satisfied with President Clinton's answers from Congress about the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

He admitted that he had an inappropriate relationship with former intern Monica Lewinsky. However, he denies he lied to the courts or that he asked anyone to lie for him.