14 mei 2000 was een zondag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 134e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 15 May 2000
By Joyce Purnick
Joyce Purnick
Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column holds that there is nothing more profound or creative to say about Rudolph W Giuliani's relationship with Judith Nathan; contends it is now time to turn to lingering question of how, and why, romance became public knowledge; various theories discussed (M)
Date: 14 May 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Associated Press reporters and editors defend Pulitzer Prize-winning account of alleged massacre of South Korean civilians by US troops in 1950, in face of attacks on credibility of witnesses; US News & World Report and Stripes.com are citing documents undermining credibility of three of dozen soldiers cited by AP (M)
Date: 14 May 2000
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article on receiving his FBI, with deleted passages, from 1965; says on that date FBI delivered to White House information on him from 'an extremely sensitive source' suggesting that it might 'be of interest' to Pres Lyndon Baines Johnson; holds blacked out portion is amusing but sad evidence of government waste and corruption because it is emblematic of how federal and most state and local officials have sabotaged one of hard-won freedoms achieved by Americans and their media a generation ago: the right, with only sensible exceptions, to find out what our government does, know and records; photo (M)
Date: 15 May 2000
By Douglas Frantz
Douglas Frantz
Salih Memecan, one of Turkey's most influential political cartoonists, lives in affluent New York suburb; his cartoons, appearing in Turkish newspaper Sabah, use deft humor to skewer politicians and politics of his native country seven time zones away; Memecan says he moved to United States to gain perspective on Turkish politics; says Internet has enabled him to file his work on time, and to maintain his essential contact with his native country; Memecan is among segments of mainstream Turkish press engaging in robust debate on sensitive social and political topics, as government eases restrictions on news media somewhat; photos (M)
Date: 15 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus will run in Preakness Stakes (S)
Date: 15 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bank of America Corp says it plans to open office in Israel to serve country's growing computer, telecommunications and other technology businesses; two competitors, Citibank Inc and HSBC Holdings PLC, have already announced plans to open branches in Tel Aviv; entry by foreign banks will pose challenge to Bank Hapoalim Ltd and Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd, country's two biggest financial institutions (M)
Date: 14 May 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 U.S. Labor Lobbies Hard To Defeat China Trade Bill The American labor movement is mounting its biggest lobbying campaign ever on trade matters in seeking to defeat the Clinton administration's drive to normalize commerce with China. 1
Date: 15 May 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 New Questions Raised On Gulf War Attack New questions have emerged about the conduct of one of the top American commanders in the Persian Gulf war who came under investigation in 1991 after a member of his unit complained that his troops had pummeled retreating Iraqi forces in an unprovoked attack. A6 Palestinians Protest in Israel Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza poured into the streets for angry protests, some of which were marked by violent confrontations with Israeli troops. The protesters called for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners. In a prison in northern Israel, the prisoners themselves rioted. A3
Date: 15 May 2000
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Date: 15 May 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Goldie Hawn, actress, appears on CNBC program Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss her opposition to trade bill; Phil Griffin, executive producer, says celebrities attract attention to important subjects such as trade bill; photo (M)