Le 13 mai 2000 était un samedi sous le signe astral du ♉. C'était le 133ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 14 May 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Associated Press reporters and editors defend Pulitzer Prize-winning account of alleged massacre of South Korean civilians by US troops in 1950, in face of attacks on credibility of witnesses; US News & World Report and Stripes.com are citing documents undermining credibility of three of dozen soldiers cited by AP (M)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Elizabeth Becker and Felicity Barringer
Elizabeth Becker
New evidence undermines testimony of two witnesses who have charged that American soldiers were ordered to fire on civilians during Korean War, and that hundreds were killed in July 1950; Associated Press investigation won two major awards, was featured by many newspapers including The New York Times and prompted Pentagon investigation which confirmed that refugees were fired on; Army documents retrieved by Stars.com (Stars and Stripes) and US News & World Report indicate that neither Edward Daily nor Delos Flint were at scene; Daily was in maintenance unit miles away from No Gun Ri bridge, and Flint had been wounded and evacuated; Flint sticks by story, but says he does not remember much; contradictory accounts reviewed (M)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Pres Putin defends police raid on headquarters of Russia's largest private media empire, Media-MOST, controlled by Vladimir Gusinsky (S)
Date: 14 May 2000
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article on receiving his FBI, with deleted passages, from 1965; says on that date FBI delivered to White House information on him from 'an extremely sensitive source' suggesting that it might 'be of interest' to Pres Lyndon Baines Johnson; holds blacked out portion is amusing but sad evidence of government waste and corruption because it is emblematic of how federal and most state and local officials have sabotaged one of hard-won freedoms achieved by Americans and their media a generation ago: the right, with only sensible exceptions, to find out what our government does, know and records; photo (M)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cascade Corp, maker of lift attachments for trucks, hires Gleacher & Co to advise it on alternatives, including possible sale of company (S)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Greetings Corp drops plan to sell minority stake in its online unit in initial public offering, citing financial market conditions (S)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Greenlight Capital Inc withdraws bid to buy BNC Mortgage Inc, residential mortgage lender; BNC now expects to be bought by management-led group for $10 a share (S)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Marlin Partners II LP offers to buy Alltrista Corp, maker of metal and plastic products, for $172 million; owns nine percent of outstanding shares (S)
Date: 13 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honda Motor Co reports earnings in fourth quarter ended Mar 31 fell 12 percent from year-earlier level to 67.5 billion yen ($580 million); says net income is likely to fall 27.6 percent to 190 billion yen in year ending Mar 31, 2001; graph (S)