DOCUMENT:Q155154 24-MAY-2001 [homemm] TITLE :Encarta 96: Contents of the April 1996 Yearbook Update PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles PROD/VER:WINDOWS:; :1996 edition OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia for Windows - Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia for Macintosh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article lists the features and articles that are included in the April 1996 yearbook update for the Encarta Encyclopedia. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following articles are added to the Encarta Encyclopedia when you integrate the April 1996 yearbook update file: Feature: China's Bumpy Ride on the Information Highway Feature: Microbial Menace: The Rise of Infectious Diseases Academy Awards: Mel Gibson Directs, Stars in Best Picture Affirmative Action: Moratorium Placed on Set-Aside Programs Africa: Thousands Succumb to Meningitis Outbreak African Election Roundup Anthropology: Study Indicates Modern Humans Migrated from Africa Australian Elections: Conservative Coalition Wins Power Bangladesh: Faced with Mass Opposition, Prime Minister Steps Down Baseball: Veterans Committee Elects Four to Hall of Fame Basketball: Kentucky, Tennessee Return to NCAA Pinnacle Biography: Australian Prime Minister John Howard Biology: Scientists Discover New Task Performed by Hemoglobin Boxing: Mike Tyson Regains One Title Belt Comet Hyakutake Glows in the March Night Sky Edmund Muskie, Longtime Maine Senator, Dies at 81 Entertainer George Burns Dies at Age 100 Environment: Diversity Increases Ecosystem's Productivity Fiber Optics: Data Transfer Speed of One Trillion Bits Per Second Attained Figure Skating: Eldredge, Kwan Capture World Championships Folic Acid to Fortify U.S. Food Products French Writer and Director Marguerite Duras Dies at Age 81 Genetic Engineering: Genes Inserted in Crops May Pose Hazards Genetics: New Cloning Technique Could Produce Countless Identical Sheep Great Britain: Mad Cow Disease Leads to Ban on British Beef Haitian Parliament Confirms Rosny Smarth as Prime Minister Human Genome Project Completes First Iditarod Sled Race Produces Controversy, Near-Record Time Irian Jaya: Rioters Protest Mine Mandelas of South Africa Divorce March Disasters Middle East: World Leaders Gather for Peace Summit Native American Land Claim Pact Reached in British Columbia Northern Ireland: Major Announces Plans for Special Elections Nuclear Waste Processing Plant Opens in South Carolina Odysseus Elytis, Nobel Prize-Winning Greek Poet, Dies at 84 Okinawa: American Soldiers Convicted of Rape Pacific Islands: Western Nations Agree to Nuclear-Free Zone Physicists Create Heaviest Element Yet Pluto: Hubble Telescope Offers First, Rough Guide to Planet's Surface Republican Presidential Primaries: Dole Ties Up Nomination Russia: Yeltsin Declares Cease-Fire in Chechnya Russia: Yeltsin Signs Sweeping Land Ownership Decree Rwanda: Survey Documents Atrocities Witnessed by Children Skiing: Norwegian, German Are Champions in World Cup Space Exploration: Gagarin's Wobbly Flight Space Exploration: Tethered Satellite Breaks Loose from Space Shuttle Spain: Conservative Party Seeks Coalition in Parliament Swedish Parliament Approves Successor to Outgoing Prime Minister Taiwan: China's War Games Fail to Intimidate Voters Tobacco Company Breaks Ranks, Settles Lawsuits Train Travel: New Safety Regulations Issued Turkey: New Government Breaks Political Deadlock Additional query words: 1996 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm yearbook builder ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbEncartaSearch kbEncartaEncycSearch kbEncartaEnCyc1996 kbEncartaEnCyc1996Mac Version : WINDOWS:; :1996 edition ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.