Global and regional news items from AP dispatches
Zimbabwe's High Court orders removal of squatters from white owned farms and a radio appeal by Vice President Msika aims to avert a constitutional clash with Mugabe officials. UN moves to restore weapons inspectors in Iraq with UNMOVIC replacing UNSCOM. South Korea's parliamentary elections leave opposition with the largest bloc and Kim Dae jung seeks coalition partners. A former U S Navy officer Edmond Pope faces espionage charges in Moscow after a week in a city jail. The Joint Genome Institute reports progress mapping chromosomes 5 16 and 19 in the Human Genome Project. A dementia study links social isolation in old age to higher risk of developing the condition.
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Milestone 1939 Grapes of Wrath Publication and 1981 Shuttle Landing
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck debuted in 1939 marking a landmark novel. In 1981 the space shuttle Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base after its first test flight.
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