Working to Unite Stars and Factions at ABC News
Date: 11 February 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
ABC News president, David Westin, is attempting to instill team spirit in his anchors and producers, whom his predecessor, Roone Arledge, encouraged to fight with one another for exclusive news; has told Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer to stop undermining each other; has teamed, Walters, who represents the more entertainment-minded wing of newsroom, with John Miller, a hard-news investigative correspondent, as co-anchor of 20/20 program; photos (M)
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White House Letter; Presidential Travel: It's All About Local News
Date: 11 February 2002
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Article on recent Presidential trips and intense coverage of them by local newscasts (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 February 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 For Saudis, Rehabilitation A New Option in Drug War Drugs have increasingly become a source of entertainment and escape for Saudi Arabia's young population, and addiction has become a serious enough problem that the government is beginning to deal with it in a distinctly non-Saudi way: openly. A3 Palestinians Kill 2 Soldiers Two Palestinians shot and killed two soldiers near the Israeli Army's Southern Command headquarters, and were then shot dead. Later, Israeli warplanes struck a Palestinian police compound in Gaza City and rockets were fired at targets in the northern Gaza Strip. A8
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 10 February 2002
Correction of picture caption with Times Magazine article on jewelry on Feb 10
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Competitors In Every Sport Are Athletes
Date: 11 February 2002
By Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton news analysis proclaims every participant in 2002 Winter Games, regardless of sport, is an athlete in true sense; photo (M)
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what it MEANS / Jargon, acronyms and other cryptic terms in the news : ARMed:RISC in your SoCs
Date: 11 February 2002
By James Connell, International Herald Tribune
James Connell
Palm Inc.'s new software subsidiary, PalmSource, previewed its latest operating system last week. In a typically jargon-infested press release, the company said Palm OS 5 "will support a range of ARM-compliant processors" from "partners&quo
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Political Briefing; Texas Race to Feature Debate in Spanish
Date: 10 February 2002
By B. Drummond Ayres Jr
Dallas Morning News poll has Tony Sanchez beating former Atty Gen Dan Morales in Mar 12 contest for Democratic nomination for governor in Texas; Sanchez is also gaining on Gov Rick Perry, Republican, in theoretical Nov matchup; Morales and Sanchez will hold series of debates, at least one of which will be conducted in Spanish (S)
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Security Bill for Australia Is Too Broad, Critics Say
Date: 10 February 2002
By Becky Gaylord
Becky Gaylord
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 9 — Australia wants firmer penalties and longer jail sentences for convicted spies and traitors, but broad legislation proposed after Sept. 11 for that purpose could also imprison public sector whistle-blowers and journalists who expose scandals, not state secrets, civil libertarians and legal experts contend.
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Texas Race to Feature Debate in Spanish
Date: 10 February 2002
By B. Drummond Ayres Jr
Tony Sanchez has many Democrats talking political resurgence.
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Arab Press Glorifies Bomber as Heroine
Date: 11 February 2002
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Arab-language press hails Wafa Idris, thought to be first female Palestinian suicide bomber to attack inside Israel; she is praised as nationalist and feminist hero, but bombing has stirred religious debate over whether Islam permits women to carry out suicide missions; in Israel, Arabic-language newspapers criticize bombing as act of vulnerable, manipulated person; some of her relatives and friends speculate that she was motivated by anger at seeing many Palestinians wounded and killed during 16-month-old conflict with Israel; despite attention she is receiving elsewhere, Palestinian newspapers have not dwelled on matter; Yasir Arafat has repeatedly condemned suicide bombing, and did so in case if Idris; Israeli officials say Arafat encourages suicide attacks with statements like recent one calling for 'milllions of martyrs' to march on Jerusalem; photo (M)
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