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(nuh-GOR-no KAR-uh-BAHK), which has all but won its nine-year battle to break away from Azerbaijan. Despite the region's effective independence still there is no political settlement and no end to Azerbaijan's trade and energy embargo.

of what's become known as "the great sitdown strike" gathered to mark one of the pivotal events in U.S. labor history. Sixty years ago this week, their victory over General Motors paved the way for workers in other industries to organize unions.

and FBI Director Louis Freeh have publicly criticized Saudi Arabia for failing to cooperate more closely with the United States in the investigation into last June's bombing at a U.S. airbase in Dhahran. Until now, U.S. frustration with the Saudis has been communicated privately.

is defending the Clinton administration's controversial proposal to strengthen air quality standards for ozone and tiny particles of soot and dust. Browner testified before a Senate committee yesterday, insisting that the new restrictions would help prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths and countless asthma attacks.

after the withdrawal of two of their four female students. The two women left after experiencing what they termed sexual harassment and abuse from male classmates. Their departure has brought a flurry of bad press and public criticism on the school.

are jeopardizing U.S. foreign interests, and lowering the morale of U.S. diplomats. Further spending cuts, expected in the coming years to help balance the national budget, could do even more damage to the country's foreign affairs efforts.

what the next presidential term might mean to the nation's urban poor. With welfare reforms scheduled to kick in during President Clinton's second term, many urban affairs activists worry that recent improvements to urban conditions in many American cities may disappear.

that will delay FCC rules aimed at promoting competition in local telephone markets. In August, the FCC ordered local phone companies to lease space on their lines at big discounts. The local companies sued, complaining that the outside companies using their lines would have an unfair advantage.

political contributions can be hard to distinguish. While it's illegal for a U.S. political party to accept money from a foreign corporation, it's not against the law to take money from a domestic subsidiary of a foreign company.

to tighten federal regulation of the nation's wetlands. Yesterday, the agency responsibility for protecting wetlands announced plans to phase out a permit system that has allowed developers to drain and fill tens of thousands of acres of wetlands.