12 maart 2000 was een zondag onder het sterrenbeeld ♓. Het was de 71e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 26 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 12 maart 2026, 92 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 12 maart 2027, in 272 dagen. Je hebt 9.588 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 230.134 uur, of ongeveer 13.808.083 minuten, of ongeveer 828.484.980 seconden.
Date: 12 March 2000
By Charles Strum
Charles Strum
Interview with Robert Trout, 90, who began broadcasting the news in 1931 and is often credited with creating and perfecting the role of broadcast news anchorman at CBS; today he does commentary for National Public Radio on the news that broke during his watch decades earlier; photos (M)
Date: 13 March 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Media column on rise of Russian journalism in years just before collapse of Communism, and its paradoxical retreat these days; Russia has filed criminal charges against Andrei Babitsky, Radio Liberty reporter, for aiding enemy while covering war in Chechnya; Babitsky, who was captured by Russian soldiers as he left Grozny, and held incommunicado more than month, still seems a government target; demonization of Babitsky reflects journalism's fragility in Russia and underscores Moscow's willingness to control journalists and journalism; it contrasts with treatment of Artyom Borovik, whose reporting in 1987 prepared country for Russian army's withdrawal from Afghanistan; Borovik was seen as hero to Russian government; photo (M)
Date: 13 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United States orders for tools that make manufacturing parts fall in January, with decreases in Northeast, South and Midwest (S)
Date: 13 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Airways, Trans World Airlines and America West increase some round-trip fares as much as $40 to match fuel-related increases by Continental Airlines (S)
Date: 12 March 2000
Letter by Chris Bray responds to Helen Thorpe Feb 20 articlen on Internet magazine Salon; says people turn to serious news sources to get important news
Date: 12 March 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-25 Spiral of Kosovo Violence Divides U.S. and Allies Nine months after they declared victory in the war over Kosovo, Washington and its NATO allies are now fighting among themselves over how to prevent a deteriorating situation in the Serbian province from spinning out of their control. 1
Date: 13 March 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Pope Asks Forgiveness For Errors of Church John Paul II delivered the most sweeping papal apology ever, for the errors of his church over the last 2,000 years. The public act of repentance, woven into the liturgy of Sunday Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, was an unprecedented moment in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, one that the pope pushed forward over the doubts of even many of his own cardinals and bishops. A1 Gunman Wounds Iran Reformist Saeed Hajjarian, a close associate of Iran's reformist president and one of the main organizers of the reformers' landslide victory in parliamentary elections last month, was shot and critically wounded by a gunman in central Tehran. The gunman escaped with an accomplice aboard a motorcycle. A3 Spain Re-Elects Conservative Spanish voters gave Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a decisive victory, opting for another four years with a leader whose conservative fiscal policies have steered the country during a sustained period of economic growth and prosperity. A8 Bitter Exchange in Middle East Israel's ties with the Arab world received a fresh jolt when a brusquely worded Arab League communique condemning Israel for its role in Lebanon prompted equally biting responses from Israel. A8 European Warning on Chechnya Russia must respond to Western concern about its crackdown in Chechnya to avoid the threat of suspension from the Council of Europe, an official from the group said. The council also demanded greater access for international humanitarian organizations and journalists to Chechnya. (Agence France-Presse) Major Drug Arrest in Mexico Soldiers raided a youth football game and arrested one of Mexico's most wanted men: Jesus Labra, alleged to be a leader of the Arellano Felix drug organization. It appeared to be one of the most important anti-narcotics arrests in years. (AP) Belgrade Shuts Down Media The police in Belgrade forced an opposition-run radio and television station off the air, rounding up the protesters who tried to protect the facility, which was run by the opposition-controlled government in the town of Pozega. (AP) NATIONAL A11-18 Bush Attacks Gore Focus On Campaign Finance Gov. George W. Bush of Texas ridiculed Vice President Al Gore for stating that reform of the nation's campaign finance system would be a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. Mr. Bush said Mr. Gore would ''say anything to get elected.'' A1 Vice President Al Gore, campaigning in Dallas, hurled spears at Gov. George W. Bush, portraying his rival as so inexperienced that he would imperil Social Security for the sake of an unnecessary tax cut. A16 Clinton Pushes Gun Control President Clinton pressed his administration's campaign to reduce gun violence. In a speech before the National League of Cities, Mr. Clinton castigated Congress, where he said that the panel responsible for working out differences in gun control measures passed by the Senate and House had not yet met. A14 Final Reports on Clintons Beginning as early as this week, the special prosecutor for Whitewater, Robert W. Ray, will begin filing final reports on investigations involving President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, lawyers said. A14 Dangerous Biker Gathering Thirteen bikers died in traffic accidents and scores more were injured during Bike Week 2000, which drew 600,000 to Daytona Beach. A11 Skills for Children in Detroit A couple of Detroit lawyers have started a program that draws hundreds of children into after-school sports leagues, then offers 20 free hours of computer training. The children learn how to use the computers, how to take them apart, fix them and put them together again. A11 Conflict in Deutch Case Conflicting accounts of the role of George J. Tenet, the C.I.A. director, in the agency's investigation of his predecessor, John M. Deutch, show just how much finger-pointing has occurred among officials involved in the investigation since the agency's handling of the case came under question. A18 Southern Primaries Diluted The primaries tomorrow in six Southern states will serve no practical purpose now that the leading challengers in the Republican and Democratic Parties have dropped out of the race for president. A16 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Plans for Industrial Revival Divide Hudson River Towns Towns along the Hudson River are sharply divided over plans to build more than a dozen industrial plants in the valley, decades after smokestack industries largely disappeared, leaving an environmental and economic mess that took years to reverse. A1 1 Killed in Club Shooting A man was killed and two others wounded when gunfire erupted at a party in a private Brooklyn nightclub, the police said. The wounded were in serious condition at Kings County Hospital Center. B4 DNA Links Inmate to Murder Prosecutors in Westchester County say they have solved the 1979 murder of a young mother by analyzing DNA evidence from the crime scene and comparing it to the state's newly expanded database of DNA profiles of convicted felons. The evidence is expected to result in charges today. B1 Artist Defends His Work Hans Haacke, the German-born artist whose work is in an exhibition that is to open soon at the Whitney Museum of American Art, responded to those who said the artwork trivializes the Holocaust. He said the work, called ''Sanitation,'' is about freedom of speech. B3 ARTS E1-8 Theater Row Packs Up The redevelopment of 42nd Street is sending the playhouses on Theater Row to new homes. E1 SPORTSMONDAY D1-12 N.C.A.A. Choices Cause a Stir Even though it lost its leading scorer, Cincinnati is upset about not getting a No. 1 seeding in the men's basketball tournament. Duke, Stanford, Arizona and Michigan State received the top spots. Virginia and Notre Dame did not receive bids. For the women, Connecticut, Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana Tech were seeded No. 1. D1 OBITUARIES A19 Walter Dana A recording executive, publisher, composer and performer who propelled polka music to prominence in postwar America, he was 96. A19 BUSINESS DAY C1-17 Aetna Plans to Split Aetna, the nation's largest health insurer, rejected a takeover offer and announced plans to split into independent health care and financial services companies this year. Each new company would have its own stock. Aetna also said it would sell some of its overseas health care units and use the money to reduce debt and buy back stock later this year. A1 Trading System for Spectrum F.C.C. officials are preparing rules that would create a trading system in which telecommunications companies of all kinds could bid for underused slivers of the spectrum that are already under the control of other companies. It would be a radical overhaul of the rules governing the rights to transmit electronic signals at specific radio frequencies that constitute the spectrum. A1 Media Giants May Combine The boards of The Times Mirror Company and the company that publishes The Chicago Tribune were in advanced talks on a possible combination, according to a Times Mirror executive. A18 Fiat in Talks With G.M. Fiat, the Italian automaker, is close to selling a minority stake in its car operations to General Motors after apparently failing to sell the entire division to DaimlerChrysler, executives close to the talks said. Its board is scheduled to meet today to review the proposed transaction with G.M. C1 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A20-21 Editorials: Whiffs of reform in Albany; redemption at the C.I.A.; a poisoned minimum wage bill; the tribulations of Mozambique. Columns: William Safire and Bob Herbert. Bridge E8 TV Listings E7 Crossword E8 Weather D8 Public Lives A11
Date: 12 March 2000
Journey of Remy Bricka, Alsatian man who intends to walk across Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, comes to end about 30 miles off coast of Los Angeles when his sleeping quarters are destroyed by debris in storm (S)
Date: 13 March 2000
NYC police report that arms and legs were removed from crucifix outside St Francis of Assisi Church in Brooklyn in most recent of about eight incidents of religious vandalism in borough since September (S)