Last Week in the World of News

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'2/3CaliforniaCoast

Investigators retrieved the second flight data recorder from Alaska Airlines flight 261, which erased Into the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 31, 2000, killing 89 people. An analysis showed a sudden loss of control in the cockpit after the MD-80's horizontal stabilizer ·ammed.

2/4 Vienna, Austria

A new right-winged government was sworn ' into power, causing other nations such as the United :.,, States, Finland and Israel to back to back awaydiplomatically. It is feared that the new ruling force, a combination of two parties, will encourage extremist groups in the region.

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The first family gathered around First Lady Hilary Clinton as she formally announced that she would run for the New York senate in the upcoming election. Her likely opponent is New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.

2J5Tehran,Iran

Explosions shook area housing government offices near the president's house. One person was killed andfive injured in the mortar attack, for which the Iraq based opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq claimed responsibility.

Hijackers of an Afgan airliner released five more of the estimated 160 passengers still aboard. The plane, hi•acked shortly after take off from the Afghan capital, stayed in London as British officials attempted negotiations. The flight had made previous stops in Uzbekistan, Kazakstan and Russia, where other hostages were released.

-Chris Vesci