Last Week in the World of News

2/5, Seattle

Fortune magazine reported that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda made what is believed to be the largest charitable donation ever. The donation consists of $2.23 billion to the William Gates Foundation and $1.115 bi1lion to the Gates Learning Foundation.

21'1,Jordan

After a seven-month battle with lymphatic cancer, Jordan's King Hussein died at the age of 63. Hussein, who had lingered on a respirator for two days after returning to Jordan from the United States, was mourned publicly in the streets as leaders began to gather in the country for his funeral.

2/4, Washington, D.C. "--' A cover story on Chelsea Clinton in the Feb. 5 issue of People magazine "profound1y saddened" the President and Mrs. Clinton. The story and photo, with the headline "Hillary & Chelsea-Grace Under Fire," was run by People "despite personal appeals with respect to her [Chelsea's] privacy."

2/2, Russia

The Constitutional Court of Russia ruled to ban the handing down of the death sentence until the jury system is established throughout the entire country. A spokeswoman for the court said that introducing the jury system will take years and /.,. Russia will most likely ban \ the death penalty before / then.

.,r---~"-'---"----'------, 2/3, Iraq American and British United Nations workers were ordered out of Iraq by the U.N. security chief after Iraqi officials said they cannot guarantee their safety. A spokesperson for the U.N. said that only two Americans remained in the country at the time of the order; all others had already left.

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