Calls for restraints on software company while split is implemented. Hundreds of thousands celebrate progress of gay rights movement and press for legislation against hate crimes. World Health Organization reports blood supplies in two-thirds of the world may contribute to spread of AIDS virus, some forms of hepatitis, and other diseases. British court drops libel suit brought by David Irving against U.S. professor and author Deborah Lipstadt. World organization moves to adopt red diamond emblem in addition to red cross and red crescent, in part to clear way for Israel to join after 50 years excluded.
Stock prices level off, then rocket.
Recovery calms fears of market collapse. Novelist back after being banned for his The Satanic Verses. Paleontologists say they discovered rare object in chest cavity of fossil skeleton uncovered in South Dakota. Heart, size of a grapefruit, was encased in stone. Organ fossilized into reddish-brown stone 66 million years ago.