Northwest Air Broke Labor Pact On Share Buyback, Judge Rules
Date: 26 March 2005
New York State Supreme Court Judge Helen E Freedman ruled this week that Northwest Airlines violated contract with employees when it refused to redeem $226 million in company shares that had received as part of 1993 pact on wage and benefit concessions; trustees for unionized airline employees sought to redeem stocks in August 2003; airline, which elected to buy back shares with cash, said it could not do so because it would impair its financial condition in violation of Delaware law, where airline is incorporated; International Assn of Machinists and Teamsters sued over issue (M)
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Arts, Briefly; British Library Must Return Looted Prayer Book
Date: 26 March 2005
By JASON HOROWITZ; Compiled by Ben Sisario
Jason HOROWITZ
Arts, Briefly column; British government panel rules that 12th-century prayer book in British Library collection, plundered during World War II, must be returned to city of Benevento, Italy; calls for new law easing return of looted treasures (S)
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Report Expected to Fault Kofi Annan's Role in Oil-for-Food Plan Payments to His Son
Date: 26 March 2005
By WARREN HOGE and JUDITH MILLER
Warren HOGE
Report from commission investigating corruption in UN oil-for-food program in Iraq is likely to criticize Sec Gen Kofi Annan for failing to perceive the appearance of a conflict of interest posed by his son Kojo's employment by program contractor; it will also say that his son received more than twice compensation company had acknowledged; report will fault Sec Gen Annan for his management practices and his son, who it will say was paid nearly $400,000 between 1996 and 2004 by Cotecna Inspection Services; photo (M)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Beijing Bank Stake Acquired
Date: 26 March 2005
By Chris Buckley (IHT)
Chris IHT
ING Bank of Netherlands acquires 19.9 percent of Bank of Beijing for 166 million euros ($215 million); ING will take two seats on Bank of Beijing's 15-member board if deal is approved; International Financial Corp, investment arm of World Bank, will also buy 5 percent of Chinese bank (S)
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Military Recruitment
Date: 26 March 2005
Gregory D Storey letter holds that if Pres Bush and officials in his administration truly believe that war in Iraq is noble cause, they should persuade their own military-age children to go into armed forces
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A Life Lesson: Basketball Is Just a Game
Date: 26 March 2005
By FRANK LITSKY
Frank LITSKY
Rutgers University women's basketball coach C Vivian Stringer prepares to face Ohio State University in NCAA tournament Round of 16; photo (M)
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BMW Names U.S. Officer
Date: 26 March 2005
BMW names Howard Mosher, executive witÿ
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Pope's Absence Casts a Shadow On Holy Week
Date: 26 March 2005
By IAN FISHER; Elisabetta Povoledo and Jason Horowitz contributed reporting for this article
Ian FISHER
Pope John Paul II, silent and very sick, joins thousands at Good Friday service at the Colosseum via live video link from his private chapel at the Vatican, shown only from back watching the event on television; it is the first time in his 26 years as pope that John Paul has been too ill to attend single Holy Week event; moment seems to reflect new phase in his long decline, but one in which the pope seems determined to show himself still the leader of the world's billion Roman Catholics; photos (M)
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America, Online
Date: 26 March 2005
By Hart Seely
Hart Seely
Author Hart Seely Op-Ed article cites humorous excerpts from Bush administration's online interactive forum, Ask the White House (M)
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World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Life Term Sought For Yukos Executive
Date: 26 March 2005
By Erin E. Arvedlund (NYT)
Erin Arvedlund
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