CNN, Amid Criticism in Israel, Adopts Terror Report Policy
Date: 21 June 2002
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Executives at Cable News Network dismisses reports that CNN might be removed from air in Israel, saying it retains strong relationship with that country's satellite and cable distributors; CNN adopts formal policy to avoid use of videotaped statements by Palestinian suicide bombers; CNN news executive Eason Jordan flies to Israel for consultations with Israeli officials about covering conflict; several reports in Israeli news media on June 19 indicated that satellite company called YES, as well as consortium of cable companies, were considering dropping CNN; photo (M)
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12 to Be Awarded Medal of Freedom
Date: 21 June 2002
Pres Bush announces that he will award Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation's highest civilian award, to twelve prominent people; among recipients is A M Rosenthal, retired executive editor and columnist for New York Times, who now writes column for Daily News in New York; recipients listed; Rosenthal photo (S)
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Prosecution Wraps Up Pearl Case
Date: 21 June 2002
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Pakistani prosecutors complete case against four men accused in kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (S)
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Tokyo Journal; No Nosy Questions if You Please. We're Japanese.
Date: 21 June 2002
By James Brooke
James Brooke
Tokyo Journal on carefully scripted press conference held by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as they prepare for visit to Europe; photo (M)
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Defendant in Pearl's Death Says Evidence Was Faked
Date: 22 June 2002
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Ahmed Omar Sheikh, man accused of organizing kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, tells court in Karachi that case against him is jumble of lies and faked evidence concocted by government to please United States; says he never met Pearl, was in another city when he was kidnapped and had nothing to do with menacing e-mail messages that threatened reporter's death; Sheikh faces possible death sentence, along with three men who are accused of helping him send e-mail messages; authorities say they have detained six more men with possible connections to case since exhuming body believed to be that of Pearl (M)
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QUALCOMM SAYS PROFITS WILL EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
Date: 22 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Qualcomm Inc announces that its profit, excluding some one-time items, will meet or exceed its previous forecast for current quarter; share price falls (M)
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TWO UTILITY COMPANIES ARE SUBPOENAED ON THEIR TRADES
Date: 22 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Commodity Futures Trading Commission subpoenas 'wash' trading records of Avista Corp and Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric; investigates trading practices in wake of Enron bankruptcy (M)
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ICN PHARMACEUTICALS NAMES CHIEF TO REPLACE FOUNDER
Date: 21 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ICN Pharmaceuticals names Robert W O'Leary chairman and chief executive, replacing Milan Panic, and says it will review plan to spin off two businesses (S)
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MORTON'S RESTAURANTS AGREES TO A BID FROM ICAHN
Date: 22 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Morton's Restaurant Group plans to withdraw from its agreement to be acquired by Castle Harlan In and accept rival bid from Carl C Icahn; Icahn raised his offer by 11 percent, to $63 million; Castle Harlan has five days to revise its offer (M)
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BRISTOL-MYERS LOWERS PROFIT FORECAST FOR 2ND QUARTER
Date: 21 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bristol-Myers Squibb says second-quarter profit might fall more than analysts expect on costs to reduce bloated customer inventories first disclosed in April (S)
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