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Date: 09 October 1994
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
CRITICISM of the press is in vogue again. That may be due in part to what might be called the O.J. effect, the odd reality that the same public that consumes tabloidism also loses respect for the medium that conveys it.
Date: 10 October 1994
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
THE electronic newspaper is still in its infancy. But it is getting to be an awfully fat baby. Electronic experimentation by daily newspapers is now in full swing across the country, according to a report to be released by the Newspaper Association of America.
Date: 09 October 1994
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
A DAY IN HELL CANNOT BE MUCH WORSE THAN a day this past July on the Rwandan border as hundreds of thousands of sick, wounded and terrified refugees streamed out of their shattered homeland. Around makeshift camps near Goma, in Zaire, bodies littered the ground for as far as one could see in any direction. The stench of rotting flesh and human waste was overpowering. Thick volcanic dust carrying all manner of plagues hung in low clouds. Soldiers from the French Foreign Legion, unable to dig graves in the rock, methodically bulldozed load after load of corpses into shallow ravines as blank-faced children watched silently. To television viewers around the world with access to CNN, it was the kind of place where Christiane Amanpour would probably turn up.
Date: 09 October 1994
By Donatella Lorch
Donatella Lorch
In his first two weeks in prison, David Makali was in solitary confinement and had to break stones for five and a half hours every day. Conditions for him eventually eased, but the 26-year-old journalist, who was serving a four-month term in a maximum security prison for contempt of court, was badly beaten, he said, and suffered from dysentery. Mr. Makali's crime? As a writer for the weekly newspaper The People he had written an article critical of a Kenyan court ruling, indicating that the court was subject to interference from President Daniel arap Moi and his Government. He refused to sign an apology drafted by the court or pay a $5,000 fine. The editor-in-chief of The People, Bedan Mbugua, was jailed for five months.
Date: 09 October 1994
By Francis X. Clines
Francis Clines
HAVING forfeited the heart of his life to prison as a convicted murderer, Ron Wikberg was dying the other day and hoping he might be remembered as "a bad guy who did good." Fair enough: He shot down a grocery store clerk during a holdup 25 years ago and then, within what he called the "niche" of life left to him, he became a prison journalist. He developed into a muckraker with enough creativity and compassion that some people on the outside actually considered him an exemplar of the now largely quaint, once seriously debated theory that a prison can be a place for rehabilitation, not just punishment.
Date: 10 October 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Union Bank said Friday that it had sold $240 million in performing and nonperforming real estate loans to the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund. The underlying assets include class A commercial office, residential, retail and multifamily real estate throughout California, Union Bank said. Most of the portfolio is secured by performing assets, and the remaining loans are extremely "workable," said Glenn Sonnenberg, executive vice president of Kearny Realty Investors, which manages real estate assets and loans for the fund.
Date: 10 October 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
As one of its final acts of the year, the Senate has passed a budget for the Securities and Exchange Commission. On a voice vote early Saturday, the Senate approved the package of $125 million for fiscal 1995 for the commission, which has struggled financially and trimmed fees, curtailed operations and prepared for possible reduced workweeks.
Date: 10 October 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Aluminum Company of America said last week that its third-quarter earnings more than doubled from the 1993 period, as rising aluminum prices, surging demand and cost-cutting helped the company exceed Wall Street's expectations. Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum maker, earned $70.1 million, or 79 cents a share, up from $28.8 million, or 32 cents a share, a year earlier. The showing surprised Wall Street, which had expected the company to earn 52 cents a share.
Date: 10 October 1994
International A2-11 A SHOW OF U.S. FORCE The United States is sending more troops and some of its most potent warplanes to the Persian Gulf, making a pointed display of its military power, as Iraqi forces gathered at the border with Kuwait. A1
Date: 09 October 1994
International 3-19 U.S. TROOPS GOING TO KUWAIT The United States said it would send troops to Kuwait and the United Nations Security Council warned Iraq not to attack as Iraqi troops moved toward the border. 1 Iraq seems headed for a repeat confrontation with the West. 10