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7th of October 2005 News
Wiadomości, które pojawiły się na pierwszej stronie New York Times 7 października 2005 roku
News Corp. Sued Over Poison Pill Move
Date: 08 October 2005
By Richard Siklos
Richard Siklos
A group of investors has sued the News Corporation in Delaware Chancery Court, seeking to undo a poison pill defense the company created to fend off the advances of the Liberty Media Corporation, its largest outside shareholder. If the lawsuit is successful, it will add intrigue to the corporate fandango between Rupert Murdoch, who controls News Corporation, and John C. Malone, Liberty's chairman. Mr. Murdoch put the poison pill in place to stymie pressure from Mr. Malone to force News Corporation to sell some of its assets to Liberty.
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Prosecutor in Leak Inquiry Orders Rove to Return Again
Date: 07 October 2005
By David Johnston
David Johnston
Special prosecutor in CIA leak case, Patrick J Fitzgerald, summons senior White House adviser Karl Rove to return to testify to federal grand jury for fourth time, step that could mean charges will be filed in case; Fitzgerald reportedly tells lawyers for several Bush administration officials that he will decide before grand jury's term expires on Oct 28 whether to accuse anyone of wrongdoing; he is expected to request that several other White House officials return to grand jury to testify as he proceeds toward charging decision; he indicates that he is not entirely finished with Judith Miller, New York Times reporter who served 85 days in jail for refusing to divulge identity of her source, but agreed to testify after I Lewis Libby, Vice Pres Cheney's chief of staff, released her from pledge of confidentiality; it is unknown whether Libby has been asked to appear again before grand jury (M)
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World Business Briefing | Americas: Ecuador: Offshore Oil Exploration Resumes
Date: 07 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PetroEcuador, the state oil company, said that it would sign two contracts with United States companies to explore for oil and gas off Ecuador's south coast, signaling a return to offshore exploration after 20 years. Sundown International, based in Dallas, and Clipper Energy, based in Houston, will jointly invest $10 million in exploration blocks in the bay off the port of Guayaquil and onshore on the nearby Santa Elena peninsula and Puna Island.
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AOL Will Buy Weblogs
Date: 07 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The America Online unit of Time Warner agreed yesterday to buy Weblogs, the owner of 85 Web sites that serve as hosts to the popular online diaries called blogs. The closely held Weblogs publishes about 1,000 blogs a week on topics including technology, parent issues and video games, AOL said. The company, based in Dulles, Va., did not disclose the price, but it was widely reported as $25 million.
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Two From Adelphia Indicted in Tax Case
Date: 08 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Adelphia Communications Corporation's founder, John Rigas, and his son Timothy, who already face prison terms for securities fraud and conspiracy convictions, have been indicted on charges of evading $300 million in federal taxes. The men were convicted last year after being accused of looting Adelphia, the cable television company, to pay for $50 million in cash advances, buy $1.6 billion in securities and repay $252 million in margin loans. The indictment returned Thursday by a Pennsylvania grand jury charges them with evading federal income taxes on some of those payments.
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News Summary
Date: 08 October 2005
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 ElBaradei and His Agency Win Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, who the Bush administration tried but failed to remove from his job just months ago. The award was an endorsement of a man and an agency who have long sparred with President Bush and his administration over how to confront Iraq and Iran. A1 Zimbabwe Arrests Vendors The police in Zimbabwe, against a backdrop of mounting economic collapse, say they have arrested nearly 15,000 street merchants since late September in a reprise of a campaign in May that cleared destitute squatters and vendors from urban areas. A3 New Tactics in Barrier Dispute Israeli soldiers guarding the Israeli separation barrier with the West Bank have developed new tactics to protect the barrier from protesters in an attempt to avoid any scenes that could be construed as brutal behavior. A10 Bombs Kill 6 Marines in Iraq Six American marines were killed in two roadside bomb attacks in western Iraq as the American command pressed a two-pronged offensive against insurgent strongholds along the Euphrates River, American officials said. A8 Iraq's Sunnis, who have dominated the ruling class from the Ottoman era through the reign of Saddam Hussein, now say they are being forced to accept a constitution that casts them as villains and leaves them out of the governing process. A8 Muslim Feud Kills 8 in Pakistan At least 8 people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack on a minority Muslim sect in Pakistan whose members are considered heretics by orthodox Muslims, raising fresh concerns about the protection of members of minorities in the majority Sunni Muslim state. A8 Constitutional Fight in Colombia Álvaro Uribe, the president of Colombia, is fiercely lobbying to ensure that the country's highest court permits him to run for re-election next year. A6 OBITUARIES C16 John van Hengel A church employee who in 1967 set up the nation's first food bank to distribute unmarketable food to the hungry, he was 83. C16 SPORTSSATURDAY D1-7 Red Sox Done, Yankees Down The magic faded for the Red Sox as the Chicago White Sox defeated Boston, 5-3, to sweep their American League division series in three games and advance to the A.L. Championship Series. In the other A.L. division series, the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Yankees, 11-7, to take a two games to one lead in the best-of-five series. D1 NATIONAL A11-16 Draft Plan on Flu Outbreak Says U.S. is Unprepared A plan developed by the Bush administration to deal with any possible outbreak of pandemic flu has concluded that the United States is woefully unprepared for what could become the worst disaster in the nation's history. A1 Bush Nominee Withdraws President Bush's pick for the second-ranking position at the Justice Department abruptly withdrew his nomination after facing weeks of questions over his ties to the lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his role in formulating interrogation policies. A12 Explicit Video Games Restricted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation to outlaw the sale to teenagers of electronic games featuring reckless mayhem and explicit sexuality. A11 Seeking Revised Casino Rules Mayor C. Ray Nagin of New Orleans proposed changing a Louisiana law to allow several casinos in the Canal Street area, saying they would provide needed revenue to his city. A13 The first independent experts to examine the New Orleans levees said the walls on two critical canals gave way as the pressure from the floodwaters ripped through the soil beneath them. A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 Bloomberg Spending Big In Re-election Bid Mayor Bloomberg has already spent nearly $50 million of his own money on his re-election campaign, according to campaign records, far ahead of the phenomenal pace of his spending in the 2001 election and putting him on track to break all records for expenditures for any office except the presidency. A1 Inquiry Into Subway Threat United States authorities swept up a third person in Iraq as American intelligence and law enforcement officials worked to determine the true nature of what New York officials called the first specific terrorist threat to the city's subway system, several law enforcement and government officials said. A1 Beliefs B6 FASHION B7-8 ARTS B9-20 Fewer Movies for Young Males A new study suggests that the movie industry is being jilted by the one audience it has pursued most ardently: young males. B9 BUSINESS DAY C1-13 Mortgage Middlemen A cooling of the real estate market could mean a change in fortune for mortgage brokers, whose field has grown from essentially nothing 25 years ago to a vast industry employing some 400,000 workers. A1 Business Digest C2 EDITORIAL A14-15 Editorials: Binding the hands of torturers; bird flu and the 1918 pandemic; waltz of the Nicaraguan thugs; new thoughts on old-boy deals. Columns: Maureen Dowd, John Tierney. Bridge B16 Crossword B16 TV Listings B20 Weather D8
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 07 October 2005
INTERNATIONAL A3-12 Bush Uses Thwarted Plots To Refocus U.S. on Terror President Bush tried to refocus American attention on terrorism, declaring in a speech that the United States and its partners had disrupted 10 serious plots since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A1 Small Group Tied to Bali Attack Indonesia's counterterrorism forces say the suspected suicide bombers in last Saturday's attack in Bali appear to have been a small group with no prior criminal record or link to a large organization like Al Qaeda, giving the case echoes of the London subway bombings in July. A3 Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Iraq A man wearing an explosive belt boarded a public minibus near Iraq's police academy in northern Baghdad and blew himself up, killing 10 passengers and wounding 11, witnesses and Iraqi officials said. A12 Qaeda Leader Warns Zarqawi The second-ranking leader of Al Qaeda has warned the top militant in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, that attacks on civilians and videotaped executions committed by his followers threaten to jeopardize the broader extremist cause, a senior United States official said. A12 NATO to Expand Afghan Mission NATO will increase its force in Afghanistan to as many as 15,000 soldiers and will take on counterinsurgency operations, according to Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, as NATO expands its mission into southern Afghanistan over the coming months. A10 Abbas Wants Sharon's Pledge The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, cast doubt on when he would meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, despite reports from both sides that they would meet next Tuesday. Abbas said his most important demand is that Mr. Sharon fulfill the measures the two agreed on in February. A6 NATIONAL A14-26 Court Nominee Under Fire; White House Defends Pick Amid uproar among conservatives over the candidacy of Harriet E. Miers for the Supreme Court, one of the most ardent abortion opponents in the Senate, Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, said Ms. Miers had not persuaded him to confirm her. A1 The White House moved to contain a continuing revolt over the nomination of Ms. Miers, as some conservatives suggested she withdraw. A20 Rove Called to Testify Again The special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case has summoned Karl Rove to return next week to testify to a federal grand jury in a step that could mean charges will be filed, lawyers in the case said. A1 FEMA Contracts Up for Bid The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told a Senate panel that the agency would seek new bids on $400 million worth of contracts that had been awarded with no competition in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort. A1 F.B.I. Security Under Scrutiny The investigation into an F.B.I. analyst suspected of passing intelligence to the Philippines is raising new concerns about the bureau's vulnerabilities in protecting its secrets from internal espionage. A22 Army Staffed for All Fronts The Army can sustain current troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, even as it builds additional combat brigades, without personnel increases beyond the 30,000 already approved by Congress, officials said. A26 SCIENCE/HEALTH New Cervical Cancer Vaccine An experimental vaccine has proved highly effective at preventing cervical cancer in a two-year study involving more than 12,000 women, researchers reported. A14 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 City's Subway Security Is Increased After Threat Security in and around New York City's subways was dramatically increased after city officials said they were notified by federal authorities in Washington of a terrorist threat that for the first time specifically named the city's transit system. A1 West Nile in Donated Organs Organs transplanted from a single donor in New York City infected three people with the West Nile virus, health officials said. B1 Board Denounces Pataki Members of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's board took turns deploring Governor Pataki's banning of the International Freedom Center museum from the memorial area of ground zero last week while the matter was pending before the board. B1 FASHION B7 WEEKEND E1-34;E35-46 ESCAPES F1-16 OBITUARIES A27 SPORTSFRIDAY D1-7 Cardinals and Braves Win San Diego's starting pitcher, Pedro Astacio, baffled the big-name Cardinals early in Game 2 of their National League division series, but the rest of the lineup capitalized on shaky San Diego fielding to scratch out four early runs -- en route to a 6-2 victory. The Cardinals lead two games to none in this three-of-five series. While Atlanta evened its division series with Houston at one game each, with a 7-1 victory. D1 BUSINESS DAY C1-13 Retailers Plan Markdowns Retailers, worried that rising gas prices and a pair of hurricanes will spoil the crucial holiday shopping season, are already planning broad markdowns to lure cost-conscious consumers into their stores. C1 Weinsteins Raising Equity If all goes according to plan, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the former heads of Miramax, will have raised more than $420 million in equity for their new movie studio within weeks, perhaps even days, people briefed on their fund-raising efforts say. C1 New Life for Flu Drugs Peramivir, a drug that three years ago failed in clinical trials, might be resurrected amid growing fears of a global bird flu pandemic. Scientists using government funds are already testing the drug in animals. Other flu drugs may also be revived. C1 Business Digest C2 EDITORIAL A28-29 Editorials: President Bush's major speech; sounding old themes on Iraq; Nicholas Kulish on Croatia. Columns: Paul Krugman, Thomas L. Friedman. Crossword E25 TV Listings E33 Weather D8
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No News Is Good Blogging
Date: 08 October 2005
By Dan Mitchell
Dan Mitchell
THE joint news conference by Google and Sun Microsystems on Tuesday left a lot of people scratching their heads. It was billed as a significant announcement, but it turned out to be ''a lot of hand-waving about sharing and working together'' writes John Battelle on his Searchblog. The announcement was so vague that bloggers and analysts have since been constructing wildly disparate interpretations of it. Most immediately, Sun will include the Google Toolbar in downloads of its Java Runtime Environment, which enables, among other things, interactive features on Web pages.
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Pianists Who Make News
Date: 07 October 2005
By Anthony Tommasini
Anthony Tommasini
Profiles of American pianist Blair McMillen, 34, and British-born pianist Stephen Gosling, 34, who have become young stars of new music scene in New York; two will perform on same program of mostly new and recent works on October 15 at Tenri Cultural Institute, presented by new group American Modern Ensemble; photos (M)
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Man in the News; The U.N.'s Geiger Counter
Date: 08 October 2005
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
On Friday, just before the announcement of the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Mohamed ElBaradei said, he sat down with a resigned air to watch the news with his wife, Aida, in their apartment in Vienna. Not having received the customary advance telephone call from the committee, Dr. ElBaradei said, he figured that despite being regarded as a perennial favorite, he and the International Atomic Energy Agency had been passed over again.
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