International Events in November 1998
4th Nov
The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, says he will not convene his Cabinet to approve the Wye river land-for-security agreement until he receives in writing a Palestinian commitment to fight terrorism.
In a major surprise in the U.S. mid-term elections, Democrats make impressive gains.
7th Nov
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Newt Gingrich, drops plans to seek re-election.
8th Nov
The District and Sessions Court of Dhaka sentences to death - by an open firing squad - 15 of the 19 accused in the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case. The murder took place on August 15, 1975.
11th Nov
The U.N. orders withdrawal of 103 arms inspectors from Iraq.
Mr. Clinton warns Mr. Saddam Hussein, asking him to end his defiance of the U.N. arms inspectors. The U.S. will be ``prepared to act'' if Baghdad fails to reverse course.
Defying China, Mr. Clinton meets the Dalai Lama at the White House to discuss his efforts at encouraging a dialogue between Beijing and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader over the Himalayan region.
13th Nov
Pakistan decides to sign both the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty unconditionally.
14th Nov
Mr. Clinton and Ms. Paula Jones, a one-time government clerk in Arkansas, reach an out-of-court settlement in the sexual harassment case she brought against him.
15th Nov
The U.S. agrees to `test' the latest Iraqi offer of allowing the U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country and demands full compliance with the Security Council resolutions and unfettered access to `all sites.'
18th Nov
The U.S. Special Commissions for Iraqi disarmament resumes its inspection.
19th Nov
The Israeli Cabinet approves troop pullback from West Bank under a peace deal with the Palestinians.
22nd Nov
The United Nations weapons inspectors make surprise visits to suspected arms production sites in Iraq.
A new form of violence rocks the Indonesian capital. Clashes between a section of the predominant Muslim majority and a sect of minority Christians.
26th Nov
Miss Israel Linor Abagril (19) wins the Miss World contest.
Discord and diplomatic misadjustment mark the first-ever state visit to Japan by a Chinese head of State. Mr. Jiang Zemin refuses to sign a joint declaration which does not satisfy Beijing's demands for an apology for the atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army against the Chinese.
27th Nov
Mr. Tony Blair becomes the first British Prime Minister to address both Houses of the Irish Parliament, thus strengthening the relations between the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic.