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Date: 17 November 2002
By Joseph Kahn
Joseph Kahn
China's state media apparatus, long controlled by Jiang Zemin, continues to portray him as country's paramount leader even though he has formally ceded post of Communist Party chief to Hu Jintao; media treatment adds to growing sense among China analysts that Jiang tried to use Party Congress to create cult of personality that would allow him to exercise off-stage influence; photo (M)
Date: 18 November 2002
By Adam Liptak
Adam Liptak
Practice of using anonymous juries, begun 25 years ago in notorious drug case in New York City, spreads in state and federal courts, sometimes in cases that are quite routine; no longer is rationale simply that jurors must be shielded from threats of retaliation; prosecutors, courts and some legal experts argue that anonymity protects jurors from being badgered by reporters after verdicts and makes them feel more comfortable about serving; critics, including defense lawyers and civil libertarians, say practice erodes presumption of innocence before trial begins, and lawyers for news organizations contend inability to interview jurors after trials makes juries less accountable; photo (M)
Date: 17 November 2002
By Michael Wines
Michael Wines
Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin's offer to circumcise foreign journalist who angered him so that 'nothing on you will grow again' is example of typical Russian insult, delivered with broadax rather than arrow; photo (S)
Date: 17 November 2002
By Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel Swarns
South Africa's foreign minister, Dr Nkosazana Zuma, meets with Zimbabwean counterpart, Stan Mudenge, and afterwards says Western nations should consider ending penalties they imposed on Zimbabwe for intimidating opposition party supporters, judges, journalists and white farmers, and manipulating presidential election; calls on Britain to compensate white farmers who have been forced to give up their farms without compensation; comments draw outrage from supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition party and many political analysts in South Africa (M)
Date: 18 November 2002
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
Italian appeals court overturns acquittal of former Prime Min Giulio Andreotti in connection with 1979 murder and sentences him to 24 years in prison; court determines that Andreotti instigated killing of journalist about to publish damaging information about him that might have ruined his political career; Andreotti has denied charge and says he will appeal; photo (S)
Date: 17 November 2002
By Jennifer Bayot (COMPILED BY RICK GLADSTONE)
Jennifer COMPILED
Rupert Murdoch entertains guests at party with gossip reminiscent of style of his tabloid newspapers; photo (S)
Date: 17 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
USA Basketball announces that American team must qualify for Olympics in 2004 after poor performance in world championships (S)
Date: 18 November 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Washington Takes Steps To Formalize War Plans The Bush administration is working on a series of diplomatic and military steps that must be completed before the United States could go to war in Iraq, including formalizing allies' roles, discouraging neighboring countries from taking their own actions, and deciding whether to seek United Nations support. A1
Date: 17 November 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-18 Horn of Africa a New Base In U.S. Anti-Terror Drive The United States military is building its combat power in the horn of Africa, for the first time since American troops withdrew from Somalia after a bloody firefight in Mogadishu. The main goal is to put American forces in position to strike Al Qaeda cells in Yemen or East Africa. The Pentagon has also begun to use Djibouti to train its forces in desert warfare, possibly for an Iraqi offensive. 1 Al Qaeda Suspect Arrested Kuwait has custody of a Qaeda member who has confessed to planning last month's attack against a French supertanker off the coast of Yemen, a Kuwaiti security official said. The man identified as Mohsen al-Fadhli, has also confessed to a planned attack on a hotel in Yemen used by American military officials that was to happen this month. 20
Date: 17 November 2002
By Karen Demasters
Karen Demasters
New Jersey Alliance for Action estimates that construction industry faces 9 percent decline in new building over next two years (S)