Prague Trying To Sort Out TV Politics
Date: 14 January 2001
Lower chamber of Czech Parliament dismisses council that oversees Czech Television and provoked crisis in December by appointing Jiri Hodac as its director; moves are not sufficient to please journalists occupying the station (M)
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Drama of County's Hospital Unfolds on Reality TV Program
Date: 14 January 2001
By Claudia Rowe
Claudia Rowe
Article on Doctors' Diaries, 13-episode reality television program being filmed by Broadcast News Network at Westchester Medical Center; photo (M)
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The World; Oil Abounds, Misery Too: A Case Study
Date: 14 January 2001
By Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel Swarns
Intense US interest in Angola, particulaly its oil sector, discussed in light of restive population's questioning of its benefits from relationship; photo; human rights activists have praised US and IMF for quietly pressing government to reduce poverty, repair shattered infrastructure, rescue collapsping health and school systems and respect press freedom, but broken promises are as plentiful in Angola as country's vast offshore oil reserves (M)
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AT&T PAYS COX AND COMCAST FOR AT HOME STAKES
Date: 13 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T Corp, satisfying options it granted last year, agrees to buy out two partners in At Home high-speed Internet service by paying Cox Communications Inc and Comcast Corp about $2.9 billion of AT&T stock; At Home stock has fallen 77 percent since AT&T granted options; deal will bring AT&T's At Home stake to 38 percent of common shares and 79 percent of voting rights (S)
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PRICES RISE FASTER IN BRAZIL
Date: 13 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Brazil's consumer price index rises 0.59 percent in Dec and 5.97 percent for year (S)1
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