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1997 World events unfold amid war and mourning
A year of upheavals spans hostage crises in Peru and Iraq US tensions, Hong Kong handover to China, deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, Mobutu and Pol Pot fades, Deng Xiaoping dies, markets slump, and global efforts rise against mines and pollution as 1998 dawns.
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Iraq
United States
Hong Kong
China
Zaire
Asia
Gianni Versace
Diana
Buckingham Palace
Tony Blair
Billy Graham
Mother Teresa
Angel
India
Tung Cheehwa
Deng Xiaoping
Jiang Zemin
Wen Jingsheng
Deng
Wall Street
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
U.N
Hun Sen
Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot
Mobutu Sese Seka
Laurent Kabila
Congo
Mobutu
Peru
Israel
Hamas
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Bosnia
Albania
Lebanon
Algeria
Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Burundi
Rwanda
Jody Williams
Dolly
Earth
Mars