World Year In Review
Saddam Hussein commanded the world's attention again in 1998, during a year which saw continued war and suffering of innocents around the world. CBS News Correspondent Liz Gonzalez takes a look back at the top international stories of the year.
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CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier Reports.
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Another war dragged on in Kosovo. After the massacre of dozens of ethnic Albanian civilians, the U.N. intervened, and NATO threatened air strikes against Yugoslavia.
The dream of peace finally came true in Northern Ireland, though at a terrible cost. A car bomb set off by dissident IRA members killed 20 people in a crowded market in Omagh.
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A still unexplained accident caused the deaths of 229 passengers on Swiss Air Flight 111. The plane crashed into the freezing waters off Peggy's Cove in Canada.
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And Boris Yeltsin's dancing days are over. Suffering from ill health, he fought to remain in power and keep Russia's economy from collapsing.
Fidel Castro invited the pope to Cuba, an historic visit that proved the Catholic religion is thriving on the island.
Mother Nature's wrath made this the deadliest hurricane season in two centuries. first Hurricane Georges killed hundreds in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Then Hurricane Mitch pounded Central America. The storm and massive flooding killed 10,000 people, left more than a million homeless and destroyed dozens of roads and bridges, crippling Honduras and Nicaragua for many years to come.
If anything can be learned from all of this, it's that the strength and determination of people working together can overcome any catastrophe.
Reported by CBS News Correspondent Liz Gonzalez