August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 With the wisdom of Solomon and the wit of an ex-mayor, freshly-minted TV Judge Edward I. Koch awarded $1,500 Thursday to the owner of Babette - the California chihuahua that …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Mitsubishi Motor Corp. settled a lawsuit Thursday with 27 women who said they were subjected to obscene remarks, groping and sexual discrimination while working at a company auto plant. Mitsubishi …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 An Army drill instructor was convicted Thursday of charges related to sexual misconduct with a trainee and sentenced to two years in prison. Sgt. 1st Class Gary F. Alford was …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Lawyers for Fred Goldman conceded Thursday they can’t touch O.J. Simpson’s $4 million pension plan, and a judge berated them for wasting his time with four months of litigation on …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 In a reliability test of a chemical dating technique, California scientists pinpointed with unprecedented accuracy the date of the Vesuvius volcano eruption that destroyed Pompeii in ancient Rome. Researchers at …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 In the roiling 10,000-degree sun, currents move like the jet streams of Earth, perhaps helping to trigger spectacular solar eruptions, researchers report. U.S. and European scientists reported Thursday that they …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Astronaut Michael Foale smiles as he signs off from talking about next week’s spacewalk to look for holes in a damaged module of the Mir space station. Photo by Associated …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Israeli border police remove barricades to let traffic enter Bethlehem. Photo by Associated Press

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Madeleine Albright is visiting Israel and at least four Arab countries next month in a tour that she hopes will revive the faltering U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace process. It will …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Medics wheel an injured Israeli soldier into a Haifa hospital Thursday. The soldier was one of 20 trapped by a brush fire ignited by gunfire during a skirmish in Lebanon. …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 A surprisingly small number of Irish couples have filed for divorce since the practice was legalized in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country, the government said Thursday. The Justice Department said …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 Rival factions clashed inside Venezuela’s notorious El Dorado prison Thursday, leaving at least 29 prisoners dead. Some victims were beheaded, a local official said. Thirteen were seriously injured. Details about …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 Mexican diplomats sought Thursday to strengthen protection for the rights of Mexico’s citizens who are caught in a new U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration. Mexican consuls from Texas cities, along …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 The medical condition of Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant who has said he was brutalized by police officers in a Brooklyn precinct house, took a sharp turn for the worse …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 In a brazen attack Thursday, four robbers killed a military paymaster only 100 yards from the entrance to an air force base and made off with the payroll for about …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A13 Ten days of flight tests of a Boeing 747 last month continue to support the theory that the explosion of TWA Flight 800 was caused by a mechanical malfunction, investigators …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A14 Denying that they had broken their moratorium on nuclear testing, Russian officials said Thursday that whatever seismic activity the United States and Finland detected two weeks ago on a Russian …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A14 The victims were young and mostly female, judged to be rebellious or promiscuous, of low intelligence or perhaps of mixed blood. One was a young woman whose priest believed she …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A16 FOR THE RECORD: 8-30-97 Number wrong: East Asia Gold Corp. will mine 3.7 million acres of land in Congo. An article in Friday’s paper misstated the amount.

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A16 The company that owns the Factory Outlet mall in Post Falls is now trading on the New York Stock Exchange and has a new stock offering. Prime Retail Inc., of …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A16 As Labor Day approaches, two unions and a silver valley mine will begin arbitrations over higher wages and benefits for workers at the Sunshine Mine in North Idaho’s Silver Valley. …

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A16 Boeing has moved some workers from its 767 production line to the 747 line to speed up output of its biggest jumbo jet. File/Associated Press

August 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A16 Product delays by game developers will push back the release of several major new video games by Nintendo of America Inc. to early next year - too late for the …