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8. At the Million Man March on Washington, the crowd was described as exceptionally well-controlled, despite the inflamed

oratory of former Rep. Gus Savage and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Speaking from Texas, President Clinton described racial misunderstanding as "the rift we see

before us that is tearing at the heart of America." 9. Some 10,000 Ethiopian immigrant protesters take to the streets on Jan. 28 in Jerusalem after the

Ma'ariv daily reports that the Magen David Adorn emergency clinic had for years been disposing of blood donated by Ethiopians, without telling them.

10. Hamas suicide bombers tear at the fabric of Israeli life. 11. PLO leader Yassir Arafat casts a ballot on Jan. 20 in Gaza City during the first general election

for a legislative council and president to govern the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 12. Terrorist mastermind Yechi Ayash, known as the "Engineer," is assassinated

in Gaza when a booby-trapped cellular phone explodes. A crowd estimated at 300,000 Palestinians turned out for his funeral. Tens of thousands of others

protest elsewhere in the West Bank.