Do Newspapers Make Good News Look Bad?
Date: 12 September 2004
By Eduardo Porter
Eduardo Porter
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Rejouer samedi 11 septembre 2004
Le 11 septembre 2004 était un samedi sous le signe astral du ♍. C'était le 254ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était George W. Bush.
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11th of September 2004 News
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CBS Defends Its Report on Bush Military Record
Date: 11 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg and Kate Zernike
Jim Rutenberg
Dan Rather says he and CBS News stand by their report on four damaging documents allegedly from personal files of Pres Bush's Air National Guard commander Col Jerry B Killian; authenticity of documents has been called into question, largely over question of whether certain typefaces and capabilities were available on Vietnam War-era typewriters; CBS refuses to identify source of documents (M)
'Democracy Matters': Plenty of Blame to Go Around
Date: 12 September 2004
By Caleb Crain
Caleb Crain
Caleb Crain reviews book Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West; drawing (M)
In Shift, Putin Vows Public Inquiry Into School Slaughter
Date: 11 September 2004
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin says upper house of Parliament will hold open inquiry into recent slaughter of hostages at school in Beslan; move represents unusual retreat under public pressure, including that from relatively tame Russian press; analysts and members of lower house do not expect genuine inquiry; questions range from how hostage-takers passed checkpoints to why officials hid true number of hostages; Putin has escaped public blame for problems for most of his tenure, but his single-minded consolidation of power has begun to make him target of criticism; photo (M)
Hostage-Takers Teach the French the Limits of Diplomacy
Date: 12 September 2004
By Elaine Sciolino
Elaine Sciolino
Some of world's leading Muslim clerics and political leaders, journalists and humanitarian organizations have condemned taking of two French journalists as hostages in Iraq; groundswell is result of what might be called France's turban diplomacy, public campaign to persuade Islamic world to throw its support behind hostages and therefore behind France; kidnappers want French to rescind new law banning Islamic head scarves and most other religious symbols in public schools, demand France rejected; photo (M)
Sudan Government's Attacks Stoke Rebels' Fury
Date: 11 September 2004
By Somini Sengupta
Somini Sengupta
Long-simmering resentment against official discrimination by Sudanese government drives men and boys of Darfur's black community to join rebel groups; rebels say goal is not to depose Pres Omar al Bashir or create independent state but rather to seek justice and equality in Sudan; say government makes problem racial by recruiting Arab militias to kill their people; American journalists traveling with rebels are given guided tour of burned villages; map (L)
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS BUYS 1.9% OF GOOGLE SHARES
Date: 11 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fidelity Investments buys about $549 million, or about 1.9 percent of shares of Google Inc (S)
BELDEN WILL CUT 562 WORKERS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE
Date: 11 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Belden CDT, in cost-saving measure following merger with Cable Design Technologies Corp, will lay off as many as 562 employees, about 9.4 percent of work force, as it closes cable plants in Auburn, Mass, and Skelmersdale, Eng (S)
F.D.A. PANEL VOTES AGAINST BACKING DRUG BY ASTRAZENECA
Date: 11 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Food and Drug Administration advisory panel votes against recommending AstraZeneca's Exanta blood thinner, possible first alternative to drug Coumadin in 50 years, for patients who have had knee-replacement surgery and for preventing new ones in people already being treated for blood clots (S)
ENRON TO SELL NATURAL GAS PIPELINES TO JOINT VENTURE
Date: 11 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez approves $2.45 billion sale of Enron Corp's natural gas pipelines in US to CCE Holdings, joint venture of Southern Union Co and General Electric Co (S)