24th of March 2003 News
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War Images Give New Purpose to High-Speed Web
Date: 24 March 2003
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Surge in demand for online news about war in Iraq has become pivotal test of potential of high-speed Internet connections, both to attract users to online media outlets and to persuade them to pay for material they find there; Web sites of many of major news organizations have hastily assembled novel collage of live video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry displays, interactive maps and other new digital reportage; some Internet analysts play down comparisons between rise of broadband news in this war and rise of CNN in 1991; photo; graph (M)
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Murdoch's Star Group to Provide 24-Hour News Channel in India
Date: 24 March 2003
By SARITHA RAI
Saritha RAI
Rupert Murdoch's Star Group will start 24-hour news channel in India in early April, aiming at 41 million Indian households with cable television; Star News will be presented in Hindi, but executives hope large portion of viewers with also be English speakers, who tend to be nation's most affluent consumers; photo (M)
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In This War, News Is A Weapon
Date: 25 March 2003
By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Lucian Truscott
Lucian K Truscott IV Op-Ed article says Pentagon is using news media as a weapon in war in Iraq, using information that media provide to harass and intimidate Iraqi military leadership; drawing (M)
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There's a New Deputy in the Sky
Date: 25 March 2003
By JOE SHARKEY
Joe SHARKEY
Airlines have been putting pilots and flight attendants through security courses that place more emphasis than before on resisting hijackers, with physical force if necessary; while flight attendants have complained that training is haphazard and inadequate, fact that it exists at all underscores new order of day; some pilots say their new priority is not saving lives, it is defending cockpit; security and personal-safety consultant Robert Siciliano comments; photo (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 March 2003
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 March 2003
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New Twist on Smoke and Coughs
Date: 25 March 2003
By John O'Neil
John O'Neil
Dr Peter V Dicpinigaitis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Associate Professor, publishes study in journal Chest concluding that cough reflex in smokers requires more stimulus than in non-smokers; possible reasons for this difference are discussed; cartoon (S)
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New Iraqi Force Emerges
Date: 24 March 2003
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Michael GORDON
New and unexpected threat to American forces in Iraq is posed by fedayeen, militia that is commanded by Saddam Hussein's son Uday; members are recruited from one of several security agencies and intelligence services and from Iraq's Republican Guard; American officials are well aware of fedayeen but did not expect them to be so aggressive; fedayeen are believed to have been involved in capture of American soldiers (S)
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New Charges Are Expected at HealthSouth
Date: 25 March 2003
By SIMON ROMERO with RIVA D. ATLAS
Simon ROMERO
Federal investigators are expected to file criminal charges against additional senior officials at HealthSouth Corp soon; new criminal charges against high-ranking executives at HealthSouth would be latest blow to company, which says its financial statements should not be relied upon after federal regulators say they uncovered many fraudulent accounting practices; Securities and Exchange Commission has charged that company and former chairman Richard M Scrushy falsified profits for decades; company's director Betsy Atkins resigns from board less than three weeks after joining it; Alice Martin, US attorney handling case, says probe of accounting irregularities is advancing as numerous executives from company seek to cooperate with investigation; company spokesman Ernie W Knewitz says company has not dismissed any officials who are believed to have taken part in meetings--called family meetings; investigators contend that at these meetings financial records were altered to mislead investors; says company is waiting for official notification from law enforcement authorities of any claims of wrongdoing by employees before taking disciplinary action; HealthSouth continues efforts to avert bankruptcy filing as executives and financial advisers discuss possibility of new financing from company's banks (M)
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The New Chinatown? Try the Asian Mall
Date: 24 March 2003
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Patricia BROWN
Giant Asian supermarkets are anchoring suburban-style, pan-Asian shopping malls in California, which has 9 of country's 10 cities with highest proportion of Asians; growth of Asian malls and supermarkets mirrors growing prosperity of Asian-Americans who have left urban enclaves for mainstream suburbs; unlike traditional Chinatowns in Oakland and San Francisco, where language is predominantly Cantonese, new malls and 99 Ranch supermarket chain are linguistically inclusive, with English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Filipino in addition to Cantonese as common languages; ethnic food markets are flourishing nationally, including 99 Ranch supermarket in Doraville, Ga, and all-Japanese food court in Arlington Heights, Ill; photos (M)
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War Images Give New Purpose to High-Speed Web
Date: 24 March 2003
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Surge in demand for online news about war in Iraq has become pivotal test of potential of high-speed Internet connections, both to attract users to online media outlets and to persuade them to pay for material they find there; Web sites of many of major news organizations have hastily assembled novel collage of live video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry displays, interactive maps and other new digital reportage; some Internet analysts play down comparisons between rise of broadband news in this war and rise of CNN in 1991; photo; graph (M)
Full Article
Murdoch's Star Group to Provide 24-Hour News Channel in India
Date: 24 March 2003
By SARITHA RAI
Saritha RAI
Rupert Murdoch's Star Group will start 24-hour news channel in India in early April, aiming at 41 million Indian households with cable television; Star News will be presented in Hindi, but executives hope large portion of viewers with also be English speakers, who tend to be nation's most affluent consumers; photo (M)
Full Article
In This War, News Is A Weapon
Date: 25 March 2003
By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Lucian Truscott
Lucian K Truscott IV Op-Ed article says Pentagon is using news media as a weapon in war in Iraq, using information that media provide to harass and intimidate Iraqi military leadership; drawing (M)
Full Article
There's a New Deputy in the Sky
Date: 25 March 2003
By JOE SHARKEY
Joe SHARKEY
Airlines have been putting pilots and flight attendants through security courses that place more emphasis than before on resisting hijackers, with physical force if necessary; while flight attendants have complained that training is haphazard and inadequate, fact that it exists at all underscores new order of day; some pilots say their new priority is not saving lives, it is defending cockpit; security and personal-safety consultant Robert Siciliano comments; photo (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 March 2003
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New Twist on Smoke and Coughs
Date: 25 March 2003
By John O'Neil
John O'Neil
Dr Peter V Dicpinigaitis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Associate Professor, publishes study in journal Chest concluding that cough reflex in smokers requires more stimulus than in non-smokers; possible reasons for this difference are discussed; cartoon (S)
Full Article
New Charges Are Expected at HealthSouth
Date: 25 March 2003
By SIMON ROMERO with RIVA D. ATLAS
Simon ROMERO
Federal investigators are expected to file criminal charges against additional senior officials at HealthSouth Corp soon; new criminal charges against high-ranking executives at HealthSouth would be latest blow to company, which says its financial statements should not be relied upon after federal regulators say they uncovered many fraudulent accounting practices; Securities and Exchange Commission has charged that company and former chairman Richard M Scrushy falsified profits for decades; company's director Betsy Atkins resigns from board less than three weeks after joining it; Alice Martin, US attorney handling case, says probe of accounting irregularities is advancing as numerous executives from company seek to cooperate with investigation; company spokesman Ernie W Knewitz says company has not dismissed any officials who are believed to have taken part in meetings--called family meetings; investigators contend that at these meetings financial records were altered to mislead investors; says company is waiting for official notification from law enforcement authorities of any claims of wrongdoing by employees before taking disciplinary action; HealthSouth continues efforts to avert bankruptcy filing as executives and financial advisers discuss possibility of new financing from company's banks (M)
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The New Chinatown? Try the Asian Mall
Date: 24 March 2003
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Patricia BROWN
Giant Asian supermarkets are anchoring suburban-style, pan-Asian shopping malls in California, which has 9 of country's 10 cities with highest proportion of Asians; growth of Asian malls and supermarkets mirrors growing prosperity of Asian-Americans who have left urban enclaves for mainstream suburbs; unlike traditional Chinatowns in Oakland and San Francisco, where language is predominantly Cantonese, new malls and 99 Ranch supermarket chain are linguistically inclusive, with English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Filipino in addition to Cantonese as common languages; ethnic food markets are flourishing nationally, including 99 Ranch supermarket in Doraville, Ga, and all-Japanese food court in Arlington Heights, Ill; photos (M)
Full Article
War Images Give New Purpose to High-Speed Web
Date: 24 March 2003
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Surge in demand for online news about war in Iraq has become pivotal test of potential of high-speed Internet connections, both to attract users to online media outlets and to persuade them to pay for material they find there; Web sites of many of major news organizations have hastily assembled novel collage of live video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry displays, interactive maps and other new digital reportage; some Internet analysts play down comparisons between rise of broadband news in this war and rise of CNN in 1991; photo; graph (M)
Full Article
Murdoch's Star Group to Provide 24-Hour News Channel in India
Date: 24 March 2003
By SARITHA RAI
Saritha RAI
Rupert Murdoch's Star Group will start 24-hour news channel in India in early April, aiming at 41 million Indian households with cable television; Star News will be presented in Hindi, but executives hope large portion of viewers with also be English speakers, who tend to be nation's most affluent consumers; photo (M)
Full Article
In This War, News Is A Weapon
Date: 25 March 2003
By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Lucian Truscott
Lucian K Truscott IV Op-Ed article says Pentagon is using news media as a weapon in war in Iraq, using information that media provide to harass and intimidate Iraqi military leadership; drawing (M)
Full Article
There's a New Deputy in the Sky
Date: 25 March 2003
By JOE SHARKEY
Joe SHARKEY
Airlines have been putting pilots and flight attendants through security courses that place more emphasis than before on resisting hijackers, with physical force if necessary; while flight attendants have complained that training is haphazard and inadequate, fact that it exists at all underscores new order of day; some pilots say their new priority is not saving lives, it is defending cockpit; security and personal-safety consultant Robert Siciliano comments; photo (M)
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 March 2003
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 March 2003
Full Article
New Twist on Smoke and Coughs
Date: 25 March 2003
By John O'Neil
John O'Neil
Dr Peter V Dicpinigaitis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Associate Professor, publishes study in journal Chest concluding that cough reflex in smokers requires more stimulus than in non-smokers; possible reasons for this difference are discussed; cartoon (S)
Full Article
New Iraqi Force Emerges
Date: 24 March 2003
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Michael GORDON
New and unexpected threat to American forces in Iraq is posed by fedayeen, militia that is commanded by Saddam Hussein's son Uday; members are recruited from one of several security agencies and intelligence services and from Iraq's Republican Guard; American officials are well aware of fedayeen but did not expect them to be so aggressive; fedayeen are believed to have been involved in capture of American soldiers (S)
Full Article
New Charges Are Expected at HealthSouth
Date: 25 March 2003
By SIMON ROMERO with RIVA D. ATLAS
Simon ROMERO
Federal investigators are expected to file criminal charges against additional senior officials at HealthSouth Corp soon; new criminal charges against high-ranking executives at HealthSouth would be latest blow to company, which says its financial statements should not be relied upon after federal regulators say they uncovered many fraudulent accounting practices; Securities and Exchange Commission has charged that company and former chairman Richard M Scrushy falsified profits for decades; company's director Betsy Atkins resigns from board less than three weeks after joining it; Alice Martin, US attorney handling case, says probe of accounting irregularities is advancing as numerous executives from company seek to cooperate with investigation; company spokesman Ernie W Knewitz says company has not dismissed any officials who are believed to have taken part in meetings--called family meetings; investigators contend that at these meetings financial records were altered to mislead investors; says company is waiting for official notification from law enforcement authorities of any claims of wrongdoing by employees before taking disciplinary action; HealthSouth continues efforts to avert bankruptcy filing as executives and financial advisers discuss possibility of new financing from company's banks (M)
Full Article
The New Chinatown? Try the Asian Mall
Date: 24 March 2003
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Patricia BROWN
Giant Asian supermarkets are anchoring suburban-style, pan-Asian shopping malls in California, which has 9 of country's 10 cities with highest proportion of Asians; growth of Asian malls and supermarkets mirrors growing prosperity of Asian-Americans who have left urban enclaves for mainstream suburbs; unlike traditional Chinatowns in Oakland and San Francisco, where language is predominantly Cantonese, new malls and 99 Ranch supermarket chain are linguistically inclusive, with English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Filipino in addition to Cantonese as common languages; ethnic food markets are flourishing nationally, including 99 Ranch supermarket in Doraville, Ga, and all-Japanese food court in Arlington Heights, Ill; photos (M)
Full Article
War Images Give New Purpose to High-Speed Web
Date: 24 March 2003
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Surge in demand for online news about war in Iraq has become pivotal test of potential of high-speed Internet connections, both to attract users to online media outlets and to persuade them to pay for material they find there; Web sites of many of major news organizations have hastily assembled novel collage of live video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry displays, interactive maps and other new digital reportage; some Internet analysts play down comparisons between rise of broadband news in this war and rise of CNN in 1991; photo; graph (M)
Full Article
Murdoch's Star Group to Provide 24-Hour News Channel in India
Date: 24 March 2003
By SARITHA RAI
Saritha RAI
Rupert Murdoch's Star Group will start 24-hour news channel in India in early April, aiming at 41 million Indian households with cable television; Star News will be presented in Hindi, but executives hope large portion of viewers with also be English speakers, who tend to be nation's most affluent consumers; photo (M)
Full Article
In This War, News Is A Weapon
Date: 25 March 2003
By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Lucian Truscott
Lucian K Truscott IV Op-Ed article says Pentagon is using news media as a weapon in war in Iraq, using information that media provide to harass and intimidate Iraqi military leadership; drawing (M)
Full Article
There's a New Deputy in the Sky
Date: 25 March 2003
By JOE SHARKEY
Joe SHARKEY
Airlines have been putting pilots and flight attendants through security courses that place more emphasis than before on resisting hijackers, with physical force if necessary; while flight attendants have complained that training is haphazard and inadequate, fact that it exists at all underscores new order of day; some pilots say their new priority is not saving lives, it is defending cockpit; security and personal-safety consultant Robert Siciliano comments; photo (M)
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 March 2003
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 March 2003
Full Article
New Twist on Smoke and Coughs
Date: 25 March 2003
By John O'Neil
John O'Neil
Dr Peter V Dicpinigaitis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Associate Professor, publishes study in journal Chest concluding that cough reflex in smokers requires more stimulus than in non-smokers; possible reasons for this difference are discussed; cartoon (S)
Full Article
New Iraqi Force Emerges
Date: 24 March 2003
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Michael GORDON
New and unexpected threat to American forces in Iraq is posed by fedayeen, militia that is commanded by Saddam Hussein's son Uday; members are recruited from one of several security agencies and intelligence services and from Iraq's Republican Guard; American officials are well aware of fedayeen but did not expect them to be so aggressive; fedayeen are believed to have been involved in capture of American soldiers (S)
Full Article
New Charges Are Expected at HealthSouth
Date: 25 March 2003
By SIMON ROMERO with RIVA D. ATLAS
Simon ROMERO
Federal investigators are expected to file criminal charges against additional senior officials at HealthSouth Corp soon; new criminal charges against high-ranking executives at HealthSouth would be latest blow to company, which says its financial statements should not be relied upon after federal regulators say they uncovered many fraudulent accounting practices; Securities and Exchange Commission has charged that company and former chairman Richard M Scrushy falsified profits for decades; company's director Betsy Atkins resigns from board less than three weeks after joining it; Alice Martin, US attorney handling case, says probe of accounting irregularities is advancing as numerous executives from company seek to cooperate with investigation; company spokesman Ernie W Knewitz says company has not dismissed any officials who are believed to have taken part in meetings--called family meetings; investigators contend that at these meetings financial records were altered to mislead investors; says company is waiting for official notification from law enforcement authorities of any claims of wrongdoing by employees before taking disciplinary action; HealthSouth continues efforts to avert bankruptcy filing as executives and financial advisers discuss possibility of new financing from company's banks (M)
Full Article
The New Chinatown? Try the Asian Mall
Date: 24 March 2003
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Patricia BROWN
Giant Asian supermarkets are anchoring suburban-style, pan-Asian shopping malls in California, which has 9 of country's 10 cities with highest proportion of Asians; growth of Asian malls and supermarkets mirrors growing prosperity of Asian-Americans who have left urban enclaves for mainstream suburbs; unlike traditional Chinatowns in Oakland and San Francisco, where language is predominantly Cantonese, new malls and 99 Ranch supermarket chain are linguistically inclusive, with English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Filipino in addition to Cantonese as common languages; ethnic food markets are flourishing nationally, including 99 Ranch supermarket in Doraville, Ga, and all-Japanese food court in Arlington Heights, Ill; photos (M)
Full Article
War Images Give New Purpose to High-Speed Web
Date: 24 March 2003
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Surge in demand for online news about war in Iraq has become pivotal test of potential of high-speed Internet connections, both to attract users to online media outlets and to persuade them to pay for material they find there; Web sites of many of major news organizations have hastily assembled novel collage of live video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry displays, interactive maps and other new digital reportage; some Internet analysts play down comparisons between rise of broadband news in this war and rise of CNN in 1991; photo; graph (M)
Full Article
Murdoch's Star Group to Provide 24-Hour News Channel in India
Date: 24 March 2003
By SARITHA RAI
Saritha RAI
Rupert Murdoch's Star Group will start 24-hour news channel in India in early April, aiming at 41 million Indian households with cable television; Star News will be presented in Hindi, but executives hope large portion of viewers with also be English speakers, who tend to be nation's most affluent consumers; photo (M)
Full Article
In This War, News Is A Weapon
Date: 25 March 2003
By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Lucian Truscott
Lucian K Truscott IV Op-Ed article says Pentagon is using news media as a weapon in war in Iraq, using information that media provide to harass and intimidate Iraqi military leadership; drawing (M)
Full Article
There's a New Deputy in the Sky
Date: 25 March 2003
By JOE SHARKEY
Joe SHARKEY
Airlines have been putting pilots and flight attendants through security courses that place more emphasis than before on resisting hijackers, with physical force if necessary; while flight attendants have complained that training is haphazard and inadequate, fact that it exists at all underscores new order of day; some pilots say their new priority is not saving lives, it is defending cockpit; security and personal-safety consultant Robert Siciliano comments; photo (M)
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 March 2003
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 March 2003
Full Article
New Twist on Smoke and Coughs
Date: 25 March 2003
By John O'Neil
John O'Neil
Dr Peter V Dicpinigaitis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Associate Professor, publishes study in journal Chest concluding that cough reflex in smokers requires more stimulus than in non-smokers; possible reasons for this difference are discussed; cartoon (S)
Full Article
New Iraqi Force Emerges
Date: 24 March 2003
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Michael GORDON
New and unexpected threat to American forces in Iraq is posed by fedayeen, militia that is commanded by Saddam Hussein's son Uday; members are recruited from one of several security agencies and intelligence services and from Iraq's Republican Guard; American officials are well aware of fedayeen but did not expect them to be so aggressive; fedayeen are believed to have been involved in capture of American soldiers (S)
Full Article
New Charges Are Expected at HealthSouth
Date: 25 March 2003
By SIMON ROMERO with RIVA D. ATLAS
Simon ROMERO
Federal investigators are expected to file criminal charges against additional senior officials at HealthSouth Corp soon; new criminal charges against high-ranking executives at HealthSouth would be latest blow to company, which says its financial statements should not be relied upon after federal regulators say they uncovered many fraudulent accounting practices; Securities and Exchange Commission has charged that company and former chairman Richard M Scrushy falsified profits for decades; company's director Betsy Atkins resigns from board less than three weeks after joining it; Alice Martin, US attorney handling case, says probe of accounting irregularities is advancing as numerous executives from company seek to cooperate with investigation; company spokesman Ernie W Knewitz says company has not dismissed any officials who are believed to have taken part in meetings--called family meetings; investigators contend that at these meetings financial records were altered to mislead investors; says company is waiting for official notification from law enforcement authorities of any claims of wrongdoing by employees before taking disciplinary action; HealthSouth continues efforts to avert bankruptcy filing as executives and financial advisers discuss possibility of new financing from company's banks (M)
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