10 Kasım 2002 Pazar Tekrar oynatılıyor

CNN's Parent May Postpone News Merger With ABC

Date: 11 November 2002

By Bill Carter and Jim Rutenberg

Bill Carter

Executives at CNN and ABC News make progress in merger negotiations, but say AOL Time Warner, CNN's parent, may postpone finalizing merger, perhaps for months, to deal with other issues roiling company; say board approval could also hinge on position of Ted Turner, AOL Time Warner vice chairman and CNN founder, who is said to want assurances that CNN will be dominant partner in new entity; remain confident that deal will happen because it will result in 'hundreds of millions in cost savings and revenue gains'; Tom Wolzien, analyst for Sanford C Bernstein, says he can find no more than $100 million in cost savings and revenue gains (M)

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 11 November 2002

INTERNATIONAL A3-7 Arab League Supports Arms Inspections in Iraq Arab governments voiced collective support for new weapons inspections inside Iraq, although they want Arab experts on the inspection teams and warned that the latest United Nations resolution should not be considered a free pass to invade. A1 United Nations atomic experts have finished detailed plans for fast-moving inspections that will uncover any major nuclear weapons program Iraq has undertaken in the last four years, said Mohamed ElBaradei, the leader of nuclear team. A8

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Date: 10 November 2002

INTERNATIONAL 3-14 Bush Is Said to Approve Final Plans for a War on Iraq President Bush has settled on a war plan for Iraq that, administration officials say, would begin with an air campaign shorter than the one for the Persian Gulf war. It would feature swift ground actions to seize footholds in the country and strikes to cut off the leadership in Baghdad. 1

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THE 2002 ELECTION: Woman in the News; Getting Closer to the Top, And Smiling All the Way

Date: 10 November 2002

By David Firestone

David Firestone

Woman in the News profile of Rep Nancy Pelosi, who is thought to have enough votes to become House Democratic leader, highest-ranking woman in Congressional history; she was born Mar 26, 1940 (M)

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Watching the Returns

Date: 11 November 2002

By Susan Stellin

Susan Stellin

Nielsen/NetRatings finds that 28 percent more Americans visited Internet news sites on Wednesday following elections than on previous Wednesday; photo; graph; table (S)

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White House Letter; Bush Dodges the Pomp In Dealing With the Press

Date: 11 November 2002

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Elisabeth Bumiller

Pres Bush has had only one prime-time news conference in White House East Room in his nearly two years as president; aides say he considers East Room news conference to be more about preening of press than information imparted by president; his point of view reflects president who is still casting about for comfortable way of engaging press; he gives very few interviews, keeps questions from reporters in Oval Office photo sessions to minimum and never comes back to press section on rear of Air Force One to say hello (M)

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Royal Palace Is Roiled Again By New Round of Revelations

Date: 11 November 2002

By Warren Hoge

Warren Hoge

British monarchy's hold on nation's regard is being challenged by torrent of front-page revelations, accusations and countercharges about royal household; new headlines involve charges that Prince Charles hushed up rape of manservant by one of his closest aides, that courtiers regularly brought male prostitutes into royal palaces and that Paul Burrell, former butler to late Princess Diana, had once taken male lover of his own on tour of queen's private apartment; it was Burrell's aborted trial on charges of plundering Diana's estate, and his subsequent decision to sell his story to tabloid Daily Mirror, that started rush to print by Britain's aggressively competitive newspapers (M)

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ENDPAPER

Date: 10 November 2002

By Signe Wilkinson

Signe Wilkinson

Signe Wilkinson who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, is an editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Daily News.

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Joanne McPike, John Biemer

Date: 10 November 2002

Joanne Elizabeth McPike, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. McPike of Northbrook, Ill., was married there yesterday to John Keffer Biemer, a son of Dr. and Mrs. James J. Biemer of Stone Harbor, N.J. The Rev. Thomas E. Cook performed the ceremony at St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church. Mrs. Biemer, 30, and Mr. Biemer, 29, are reporters for news services, she in Washington for Dow Jones and he in Annapolis, Md., for The Associated Press.

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Subpeonas Are Issued In California Energy Inquiry

Date: 10 November 2002

By David Barboza

David Barboza

Federal investigators looking into possible manipulation of prices during California energy crisis issue subpoenas to some of nation's biggest power companies, including Duke Energy, Reliant Resources and Williams Co; Timothy N Belden, former senior trader at Enron, pleaded guilty to federal charges that he participated in conspiracy to manipulate California power market in 2000 and 2001, when California's complex power system broke down, leading to power failures and soaring prices; Belden reportedly agreed to cooperate with investigators as part of his plea bargain (M)

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