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Date: 31 May 2003
By David Rohde (NYT)
David NYT
Pakistani officials report arrest of Qari Abdul Hayee, Islamic militant believed to have helped plan and carry out kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl; Hayee is member of banned sectarian group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and among most wanted militants in Pakistan (S)
Date: 31 May 2003
By Aboubakr Jamaï
Aboubakr Jamaï
Op-Ed article by Aboubakr Jamai, editor of Moroccan newspaper Le Journal Hebdomadaire, contends recent suicide bombings in Casablanca endanger Morocco's future as democracy; says Morocco, long considered haven of tolerance and peace, faces reality of radical Islam within its borders; argues constitution falls short of offering democratic guarantees, concentrating power in monarchy, which assures powerlessness of elected officials; says there is hope for genuine democracy in Morocco, but it means lifting restrictions on news media and nurturing democratic culture (M)
Date: 01 June 2003
By Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column contends that Mike Tyson should stick to fighting and refrain from speaking to media (M)
Date: 01 June 2003
By Michael Crowley
Michael Crowley
Question-and-answer interview with outgoing White House press secretary Ari Fleischer; photo (M)
Date: 31 May 2003
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
British Prime Min Tony Blair angrily denies charges that in making case for war in Iraq, his government exaggerated intelligence reports showing that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction; refutes BBC, which said report asserting that Hussein had capacity to deploy chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes had been made 'sexier' on Blair's orders and against judgment of intelligence service (M)
Date: 01 June 2003
Elisabeth Rosenthal, Beijing correspondent of New York Times, wins first Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism for her reporting on spread of AIDS in China (S)
Date: 31 May 2003
By Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein
Pres Bush arrives in Europe, where there is both hope that trans-Atlantic rift can be healed and skepticism about America's desire to rebuild Europe-American partnership; Bush's words will be dissected to see if administration intends to foster European unity or divide it into 'old' and 'new' Europe; some European newspapers are treating failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as blow to Bush's credibility that will harm prospects for future cooperation between Europe and US (M)
Date: 31 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Invitrogen Corp names Gregory T Lucier president and chief executive, succeeding founder, Lyle Turner, who retired Jan 1 (S)
Date: 31 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Growth Properties to buy two shopping malls in St Louis, Mo, and Albuquerque, NM; will also buy 49 percent it does not already own of joint venture that controls seven United States malls from Ivanhoe Cambridge (S)
Date: 31 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CNA Financial Corp says arbitration decision against insurance pool that included CNA involving 1995 fire claim will cut its second-quarter profit by $49 million (S)