Le 20 novembre 2001 était un mardi sous le signe astral du ♏. C'était le 323ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était George W. Bush.
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Date: 21 November 2001
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings appears to be ending extended period of dominance by NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw; ABC's newscast beat NBC's by about 300,000 viewers last week, after winning by about 600,000 viewers week before and about 60,000 viewers three weeks ago; photo (M)
Date: 20 November 2001
By Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner
Four foreign journalists are reportedly kidnapped and shot dead by armed gunmen on Afghan highway halfway from Jalalabad to Kabul; fifth man, translator, is reported missing; witness says gunmen claimed to be Taliban; journalists' bodies have not been found; they are Maria Grazia Cutuli, reporter for Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Julio Fuentes from El Mundo in Madrid, and Harry Burton, Australian television cameraman, and Aziz Haidari, Afghan-born photogrpher, both working for Reuters; journalists were in second and third cars of eight-car convoy; their cars were stopped at gunpoint by men clad in style favored by Taliban; photos (M)
Date: 20 November 2001
Peter Arnett, former CNN war correspondent, is heading to Afghanistan to report on fighting there for independent news production company called BNN (S)
Date: 21 November 2001
By Felicity Barringer and Jim Rutenberg
Felicity Barringer
Hundreds of journalists in Afghanistan who had been confined to Northern Alliance territory have spread out into areas controlled by local warlords or by no one as Taliban's power wanes; wider access is bringing greater danger, with seven journalists killed in past 10 days; some American television news crews have begun to pull out of unstable areas; situation is tense even in Kabul; photo (M)
Date: 21 November 2001
By James Barron With Alex Kuczynski and Glenn Collins
James With
Actress Alexandra Wentworth and her family learn some complicated Greek dances before her wedding to ABC news analyst George Stephanopoulos; rescue workers from Sept 11 attacks, many of whom smoke cigars while working at ground zero to obliterate acrid smell, descend on Marriott Marquis Hotel in midtown Manhattan for 'Big Smoke' event with more than 30 cigar manufacturers; Rupert Murdoch becomes father again when his wife Wendi Deng gives birth to girl; photo (M)
Date: 20 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AutoNation, automobile retailer based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, says that it could face financial obligations of $50 million to $150 million under bankruptcy filing of ANC Rental Corp (S)
Date: 20 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Energy company Edison International says that it expects 2001 earnings of $1.27 to $1.30 a share (S)
Date: 21 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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Date: 20 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Xerox Corp, which has lost money in four of last five quarters, receives $800 million in financing through GE Capital, which will take over company's financing in Canada (S)
Date: 21 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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