House panel expands probe
House impeachment investigators dramatically broadened their inquiry of Clinton, seeking evidence related to the White House campaign fund-raising scandal. House judiciary committee Republicans said that they would seek internal Justice Department memos calling for an independent counsel in the scandal.

Unsettling moves
Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat has accused Israel of "expropriating" Palestinian lands and asked Tel Aviv to put an immediate halt to its settlement activities "intended to Judaize occupied land."

Exxon buys out Mobil for $80bn in stock
Exxon Corp., the biggest US oil company, reached an agreement late on Monday to buy No. 2 rival Mobil Corp. for at least $80 billion in stock in the world's largest industrial merger ever, a source familiar with the negotiations said.

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