NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 March 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-10 Sharon Prepared to Lift Travel Ban on Arafat Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel made a critical concession toward a cease-fire, saying he was prepared to lift the travel restrictions on Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, now that he had met Israel's condition of arresting all the suspects in the killing of an Israeli cabinet minister. A1 Response to Arms Report Top aides in the Bush administration, including Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took to the talk shows to address international concerns over a Pentagon policy review that identifies countries like Iran, Iraq and North Korea as potential targets for nuclear attacks. Reaction from abroad was muted. A8
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 10 March 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-24 U.S. Nuclear Plan Sees New Targets and New Arms A secret Pentagon report, outlining a broad overhaul of American nuclear policy, calls for developing new nuclear weapons that would be better suited for striking targets in Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Libya. The report is a comprehensive blueprint for developing and deploying nuclear weapons. 1 Attacks in Mideast Kill 14 At least 14 Israelis were killed in two Palestinian terror attacks -- one at a popular cafe in Jerusalem and another on a seaside promenade in Netanya. Israeli helicopters fired missiles at Yasir Arafat's office building in Gaza City, destroying it, witnesses said. No one was at the compound. 1
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This Is Not News. A Son Of Hudson County Rises.
Date: 10 March 2002
By Barbara Fitzgerald
Barbara Fitzgerald
Former New Jersey Assemblyman Rudy Garcia, who was ousted from Hudson County Democratic ticket last fall and resigned as mayor of Union City in 2000 when party began recall, reportedly is considering running against current Union City Mayor Brian Stack (S)
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Son of the Chairman Prepares for Leadership
Date: 11 March 2002
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
Lachlan Murdoch, 35-year-old son of Rupert Murdoch, is being groomed by his father to take over control of News Corp, but people close to company say that if Rupert Murdoch were to step down suddenly or be incapacitated at any time in next few years, top job would first fall to Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer, in order to Lachlan Murdoch more time to prepare himself; photo (M)
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Entertainment Tonight
Date: 10 March 2002
By Michael Janeway
Michael Janeway
Michael Janeway reviews book The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril by Leonard Downie Jr and Robert G Kaiser; drawing (M)
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Eye on Profits, Murdoch Focuses on Details
Date: 11 March 2002
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
Article in The Media Giants series profiles Rupert Murdoch's empire, which encompasses broadcast, cable and satellite television, movies, books and newspapers; Murdoch says his focus today is not on further acquisitions but on improving operational details and lifting operating income; says company has weathered current downturn better than the last because it moved debt from short-term bank debt to long-term bonds; graphs; photos (L)
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Slain Reporter Mourned At Los Angeles Service
Date: 11 March 2002
By Barbara Whitaker
Barbara Whitaker
Memorial service is held in Los Angeles for Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and slain in Pakistan, reportedly by Islamic terrorists; photo (M)
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U.S. Tries To Explain New Policy For A-Bomb
Date: 11 March 2002
By Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
Sec of State Colin L Powell says there is no cause for international alarm over secret Pentagon policy review that identifies countries like Iran, Iraq and North Korea as potential targets for future American nuclear attacks; Powell's remarks are echoed by Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Richard B Myers and other top foreign policy and national security aides to help calm fears among European groups and Middle Eastern leaders that disclosure of administration's ambitious nuclear plans suggest that American nuclear attack is imminent as part of war on terrorism; photos (M)
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Ideas & Trends; The Yin and Yang of Late-Night TV
Date: 10 March 2002
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Walt Disney Co's risky gambit to lure David Letterman away from CBS to replace Ted Koppel's Nightline discussed in terms of stars' egos; Letterman's flirtation with ABC apparently stems from view that he is slighted by CBS; Koppel, reportedly unusually secure for TV personality, seems gently annoyed, not enraged, by corporate incursions on news division's independence; photos (M)0
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