December 18, 1999

Security Council votes to create new arms inspection system for Iraq, with promise to Pres Saddam Hussein that sanctions could be suspended within a year and eventually lifted if he cooperates; plan immediately removes ceiling on amount of oil Iraq may sell abroad to buy food and relaxes controls on import of certain supplies; Iraq's United Nations envoy Saeed Hassan, rejects plan, saying government will not permit any UN inspectors back into Iraq and demanding unconditional end to sanctions; photo (M)

Differences between Bronx and Albany County could have profound effect on Amadou Diallo shooting case; county's jury pool is overwhelmingly white and inclined to accept police version of events; prosecutors in county have one of highest conviction rates in state, but in criminal cases against police officers, defendants usually walk free; one of few similarities is that city of Albany is roiled on occasion by racial resentment, often aimed at police; black community is concentrated in handful of neighborhoods in city of 94,000 people, and is poorly represented in officialdom (M)

Tier II, coalition that provides shelter for over 70 percent of city's homeless mothers and children, says that its members will defy Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's policy requiring that homeless families work as condition of keeping their beds; Giuliani says that if shelters disobeyed him, he would shut them down; coalition opposes Giuliani policy because it would put children in foster care if their parents refused to work (M)

Random House stops shipment of Word Smart II, Princeton Review study guide, to Collegiate Academy, private school in Passaic, NJ, after parent of seventh-grade student complains about controversial passages; photo (M)

National Collegiate Athletic Association puts Notre Dame on probation for first time following investigation into two series of events; main one involves actions of booster, Kimberly Dunbar, who lavished gifts on football players with money she later pleaded guilty to embezzling; football player is also accused of trying to sell tickets he received free to game and of using tickets he received free for three games as repayment of loan; Notre Dame is placed on probation for two years and will lose one of its 85 football scholarships each year; NCAA does not impose restrictions on television appearances or bowl games (M)