Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1997, World Beat 2

Description:	WORLflashIn November, a hijackedEthiopian airliner crashesafter running out of fuel.The crash occurs near aresort beach in theComoros Islands in theIndian Ocean. At least123 of the 175 peopleon board die, includingthe hijackers.After 36 years, CentralAmericas longest civilwar ends when Indianrebels and militaryleftists sign a trucein Guatemala.British Telecommunications agrees topurchase MCICommunications for up Lto $21 billion inNovember. The deal isthe biggest foreignpurchase of a U.S.company ever concluded.A U.N.-negotiated treatybanning chemicalweapons worldwide is setto take effect in thespring. The treatyprohibits thedevelopment, production,stockpiling or use ofchemical weapons, andcalls for the destructionof existing supplies. Thetreaty is signed by 160nations, including the U.S.King Hussein ofJordan (right)visits the West Bank ofthe Jordan River inOctober to showsupport for thePalestinian-Israeli peacetalks and theestablishment of anindependent Palestinianstate. It is Husseinsfirst visit since Jordanlost the territory toIsrael in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.Alija tzetbegovic, leader ofBosnias Muslim Party ofDemocratic Action, is electedchairman of the countrys newthree-person presidency inSeptember. The election is heldin accordance with provisionsof the U.S.-brokered Daytonpeace agreement.AP/Wide Worldather in, Canada25 to pr_ .s in socialrvices by the fvernment.Thousands of pecmarch through tduring Metro D;of Action, organiby labor and soci^^ Russian^i^ President BorisYeltsin wins reelection inJuly, despite persistenthealth problems. Aftersuccessful heartsurgery in November hereturns to work.The Miss World beautypageant, held in Bangalore,India in November, raises a storm ofprotests, some violent, including oneby a group threatening to stage amass suicide during the pageantstelecast. A new Miss World is crownedwithout incident.Reuters/Archive PhotosA pipe bomb explodes inCentennial Olympic Park afterthe first day of competition at theSummer Olympics in Atlanta. Flags flyat half-mast to mourn the 1 personkilled and more than 100 injured.,-^ Pope John Paul II undergoessurgery for an inflamedappendix in October. His chief surgeon,Dr. Francesco Crucitti, announces thatthe 7B-year-old leader of the RomanCatholic Church is free from previouslyundiscovered serious ailments.VReuters/Archive Photos
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