Last Week in the World of News

1/28 Berlin, Germany

In a speech given to parliament, author Elie Weisel charged the Germans with the murder o • six million Jews during the Holocaust, including his eight-year-old sister.

Weisel also praised Germany on their annual remembrances of the victims. There is also a plan for a national memorial. Work is expected to begin within the next 18 months.

1/29 Netherlands Bosnian Serb Mit Vasiljevic pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes. Vasiljevic, a member of a Bosnian Serb group called the White Eagles, is accused of helping burn 135 Musfun men, women and children alive.

.-: Israeli Prime Minis\ ter Ehud Barak and ( _/ Palestinian leader Yasir ..r \ r \ -' Arafat are scheduled to

1/31 Ivory Coast

A Kenyan Airlines jet erased into the sea shortly after leaving Abidjan. The jet was carrying 169 passengers and 10 crew mem-

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J-Renee Tomcanin