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To: Jeff Jordan who wrote (32040)	1/25/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

******OT******** Hourly News Summary United Press International - January 25, 1998 11:51 %WORLD_NEWS %WORLD %HEADLINES V%UPI P%UPI Around the World, Around the Clock...with United Press International. -0- William Ginsburg, the attorney for former White House intern Monica Lewinsky said today his client is ready to tell her side of the story to independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Ginsburg appeared on NBC's ''Meet The Press.'' Meanwhile, President Clinton has called on some trusted friends to help him handle the current crisis in the Executive branch. Former Commerce Secretary and high-powered Washington lawyer Mickey Kantor, former White House aide Harold Ickes and tv producer Harry Thomasson are apparently on board to handle damage control. Despite the problems, Republican Bill Archer of Texas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, says the nation's business must go on. Congressman Archer appeared on Fox News Sunday. -0- James Carville, the campaign strategist who masterminded Clinton's 1992 election, has declared war on the president's enemies. He told NBC's ''Meet The Press'' that there are not going to be any resignations. Carville is accusing independent counsel Kenneth Starr of leaking grand jury material. -0- The latest political turmoil in Washington is apparently causing some concern in Baghdad. Officials there, say they believe an attack by the U.S. is now more likely. Chief U.N. weapons inspector, Richard Butler, returned to New York this week from Iraq, with a less than encouraging report, on that country's desire to cooperate with the inspection process. A report in yesterday's Washington Post, said President Clinton and his senior security advisers had determined that military action might be the only alternative unless Saddam Hussein cooperates. -0- Pope John Paul II began mass today before a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Havana's Plaza of the Revolution, by expressing hope it would strengthen the ties between the Cuban church and the worldwide Catholic church. The pope plans to wind up his five-day visit later today with a flight back to the Vatican. -0- By Dave Winslow (UPI) -0-