Reluare vineri, 17 septembrie 2004

Familiar Roles for Rather and His Critics

Date: 17 September 2004

By Jim Rutenberg

Jim Rutenberg

News analysis of situation involving CBS news anchor Dan Rather, whose report on program 60 Minutes II about Pres Bush's National Guard service has created brouhaha because of questions about authenticity of documents; cites examples of Rather's reporting through years that has caused conservatives to charge Rather with partisanship; Bill Kovach, Committee of Concerned Journalists, say CBS has not made case and should have been more careful about confirming validity of documents; photo (M)

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Commander's Letter Praised Bush to Father

Date: 18 September 2004

By Richard W. Stevenson and Raymond Bonner

Richard Stevenson

Bush administration makes public letter from former Pres George Bush, then a Congressman, to Texas Air National Guard Maj Gen G B Greene Jr, thanking him for praise of his son George W Bush, who had just completed basic training; letter suggests younger Bush received considerable attention from military leaders who were well aware of his family connections; photograph of Bush with his basic training unit and news releases from his Guard unit were also released (M)

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Times Appoints Editorial Writer

Date: 17 September 2004

New York Times editorial page editor Gail Collins announces appointment of Helene Cooper as editorial writer and assistant editorial page editor; Cooper's career highlights traced (M)

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Times Reporter Ordered to Testify in Leak Case

Date: 17 September 2004

By Adam Liptak and Robert Pear

Adam Liptak

Federal Judge Thomas F Hogan orders New York Times reporter Judith Miller to testify before grand jury investigating disclosure of identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame by Robert Novak; decision calls for Miller to describe any conversations she had with 'specified executive branch official'; says she has no privilege excusing her from testifying and says information requested is very limited; says that Miller never wrote article about Plame or her husband Joseph C Wilson IV, but that she 'contemplated' writing one; Miller's attorney Floyd Abrams says she will appeal; condemns decision (M),

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Bush Opens Lead Despite Unease Voiced in Survey

Date: 18 September 2004

By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder

Adam Nagourney

Results of New York Times/CBS News poll show Pres Bush taking 8-point lead over Sen John Kerry among registered voters; many respondents feel country is headed in wrong direction and are distressed about how Bush has handled economy, yet majority feel Kerry has not laid out his case and worry about his ability to manage international crisis; neither candidate is strongly trusted on his military record; Kerry fares little better than Bush on economy; recent polls with different findings suggest electorate is in flux; findings suggest that Kerry has been hurt by attack ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth; graphs (M)

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Rebels Kidnap 2 Americans and a Briton in Baghdad

Date: 17 September 2004

By Edward Wong

Edward Wong

Insurgents kidnap two Americans and British engineer in brazen dawn raid on their home in one of Baghdad's most affluent neighborhoods, underscoring rapidly growing perils confronting foreign civilians; United States Embassy says two Americans are Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong; British officials withhold name of Briton until family is notified; all three work for GSCS Inc, construction company based in United Arab Emirates; neighbors say men were dragged from their home and put into minivan by men with scarves swathed around their faces; no group has claimed responsibility for latest kidnappings; fate of two Italian women and two French journalists kidnapped earlier remains unknown; photo (M)

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This Is Bush's Vietnam

Date: 17 September 2004

By Bob Herbert

Bob Herbert

Bob Herbert Op-Ed column says that because America learned nothing from Vietnam War, it is doomed to repeat its agony, this time in Iraq; says Pres Bush is trapped as tightly in Iraq as Pres Lyndon B Johnson was in Vietnam; recalls that when Vietnam War was going badly, Johnson told reporter he would not bring troops home because he did not want to be first president to lose war; says now Iraq war is going badly; says there is no plan to actually win war and no willingness to concede defeat (M)

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HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES TO ELIMINATE 230 JOBS

Date: 17 September 2004

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Hillenbrand Industries, whose businesses include coffins and hospital beds, to cut 230 jobs; also lowers it earnings forecast for fiscal 2004 (S)

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MILLENNIUM CHEMICALS SAYS S.E.C. REQUESTS DOCUMENTS

Date: 17 September 2004

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Millennium Chemicals, which is being bought by Lyondell Chemical, says Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for information on company's financial restatements; Millennium restated results in August for 2001 through 2003 and for first quarter of 2004 to correct deferred tax calculations related to its stake in Equistar Chemicals, joint venture with Lyondell (S)

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NEOPHARM REGAINS OWNERSHIP OF 2 CANCER COMPOUNDS

Date: 17 September 2004

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

NeoPharm Inc regains ownership of two cancer compounds after unit of Pfizer stopped developing it two years ago; NeoPharm and Pfizer end pact covering liposome-encapsulated paclitaxel and liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin; both treatments use technology that combines fats with drugs to cut side effects and possibly increase effectiveness; taking full ownership allows NeoPharm to seek federal approval by early 2007 of its formulation of paclitaxel, compound that has been cleared for ovarian, breast and lung cancers (S)

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