Inquiry Shows How Blair's Inner Circle Made Case for Use of Force in Iraq
Date: 24 August 2003
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Hearings in London on suicide of British arms expert David Kelly lay bare process by which government of Prime Min Tony Blair assembled dossier of intelligence on which it would rest its case for war against Iraq; Alastair Campbell, Blair's powerful communications director, appears to have succeeded in turning aside inflammatory BBC charge that he personally intervened to 'sex up' dossier, but he is portrayed as intensely involved in shaping final document, even succeeding in having phrase 'may be' replaced with word 'are' in crucial sentence about Iraqis being able to deploy biological and chemical weapons in 45 minutes; photo; chronology of development of dossier (M)
Full Article
Internet Sales Rise As Share of All Sales
Date: 25 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Commerce Department reports Internet sales totaled $12.5 billion in second quarter, or 1.5 percent of all sales, up from 1.2 percent in 2002 period (M)
Full Article
China Life Initial Offering to Seek $3 Billion
Date: 25 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
China Life Insurance president Wang Xianzhang says China's largest life insurer will seek to raise up to $3 billion in initial public share offering; state-run company seeks funds from foreign investors and equities market (S)
Full Article
LaBranche Asks That Hearing In Obstruction Inquiry be Public
Date: 25 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
LaBranche & Co asks New York Stock Exchange to open to public its probe into whether market maker obstructed trading probe by withholding e-mail; hires former Justice Milton Mollen to review relevance of e-mail messages to inquiry; says it withholds only personal correspondence irrelevant to probe (M)
Full Article
Henman Presents Roddick With Early Challenge
Date: 24 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Andy Roddick is not fearful about playing the four-time Wimbledon semifinalist Tim Henman in the first round of the United States Open.
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 August 2003
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 Rumsfeld Seeks to Improve American Combat Abilities Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, seeking to increase the nation's combat power without hiring more troops, is poised to order a sweeping review of Pentagon policies on everything from wartime mobilization and peacekeeping commitments to reservist training and incentives for extended duty. 1 Iraq's 2 Faces: Chaos and Calm Much of Iraq, in stark contrast to the violence surrounding Baghdad, remains remarkably calm most of the time as many Iraqis appear to accept the benefits of reconstruction. 1
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 August 2003
INTERNATIONAL A2-7 U.S. Is to Send Iraqis Abroad for Police Training American officials are planning to ferry as many as 28,000 Iraqis to Eastern Europe for an intensive police training course, and have secured permission from the Hungarian government. The plan is part of a larger effort to press the Iraqis to take a greater role in running the country. A1 A crude bomb exploded outside the residence of a leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim, in the holy city of Najaf, slightly wounding him and killing three of his bodyguards. Six other people were also injured. A7
Full Article
The Week in the News: Aug. 17-23
Date: 24 August 2003
WAS it a cease fire or a dirty trick, the best chance for peace in the Middle East or a guarantee of continuous conflict?.
Full Article
The Week in the News: Aug. 17-23
Date: 24 August 2003
WAS it a cease fire or a dirty trick, the best chance for peace in the Middle East or a guarantee of continuous conflict?.
Full Article
News of Ex-Priest's Death Evokes Range of Emotions
Date: 25 August 2003
By Katie Zezima
Katie Zezima
Parishoners of Weston, Mass, parish where John J Geoghan once served as priest, react to his killing by fellow inmate of prison where he was serving sentence for molesting 10-year-old parishioner; some question decision to say mass for him at Boston cathedral; state probes slaying at Shirley, Mass, prison, where he was held in protective custody unit; photo (M)
Full Article