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Date: 10 May 2002
By Laurie Goodstein
Laurie Goodstein
Sexual abuse scandal engulfing Roman Catholic Church has given grass-roots support group called Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests a news media platform it has never known in its more than 10-year history; SNAP is trying to channel new attention into lobbying effort for legislation that would make it harder for clergy members to escape prosecution; photo (M)
Date: 10 May 2002
By Raymond Bonner
Raymond Bonner
Bush administration is said to be confident that Ahmed Omar Sheikh, who is on trial in Islamabad for abduction and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, will be convicted and executed; Western diplomat says US is right not to push for extradition, because trial in Pakistan would be far quicker, and outcome more certain than in US; notes that courts in Pakistan are 'not eminently neutral'; Sheikh is being tried under Pakistan's antiterrorism law, which says trial must be completed in seven days; proceedings have been complicated and delayed by various legal wrangles; Raja Qureshi, prosecutor in case, says he has no murder weapon, no body and no crime scene, but that circumstantial evidence against Sheikh is very strong, including e-mail messages sent to news organizations that can be traced to Sheikh, and video of Pearl's decapitation that was delivered to American Consulate in Karachi; photo (M)
Date: 11 May 2002
By Marlise Simons With Felicity Barringer
Marlise With
Washington Post challenges subpoena served by United Nations war crimes tribunal on former Post reporter Jonathan Randal to testify in case of Radoslav Brdjanin, Bosnian Serb charged with genocide, persecution and deportation of non-Serbs during Bosnian war; wants court to determine circumstances under which journalists must testify; holds journalists working in conflict zones should not be required to testify unless absolutely vital because it could hamper their work and endanger their lives (M)
Date: 10 May 2002
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg (NYT)
Sheryl Stolberg
Debate over patient privacy takes new turn with dispute over medical records of Ryma, 17-year-old giraffe who died in February at National Zoo; citing doctor-patient confidentiality, zoo refused to release pathology report to Washington Post, drawing protests from animal rights activists and defenders of First Amendment (S)
Date: 11 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Luxembourg-based Arcelor, world's largest steel maker, says it is in talks with domestic steel producers to expand in United States; Bethlehem Steel Corp confirms it has talked to unidentified potential buyer about selling large mill (S)
Date: 11 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bank of Montreal will buy Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co's discount brokerage business for $106 million; will merge Morgan Stanley clients with clients of its CSFBdirect unit into Harrisdirect (S)
Date: 11 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway says first-quarter net income rose 51 percent, to $916 million, from $606 million in 2001 period (S)
Date: 10 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stock in Edison Schools Inc fall 40 percent after US Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Mark Marostica downgrades stock; says he expects shares to trade at $3 each as opposed to his previous 12-month forecast of $32; shares fall $1.48, to $2.22 (S)
Date: 11 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ebay reports renegotiating accord with AOL Time Warner under which AOL provides it online advertising and marketing services; will pay AOL maximum of $15 million in accord's first renewal year, rather than planned $18.8 million, in period ending Mar 23, 2004 (S)
Date: 10 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Revlon says first-quarter loss narrowed through cost cuts, but sales might continue to decline this quarter; says loss dropped to $46.1 million from $46.5 million; sales fell 12 percent, to $275.4 million (S)