20 juni 2001 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♊. Het was de 170e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 21 June 2001
By Don Kirk (NYT)
Don NYT
South Korea fines 23 national news organizations total of $388 million for tax evasion; editors of leading newspapers charge fines are effort to curb their criticism of Pres Kim Dae Jung; opposition party scores tax probe; Kim's party defends it (S)t
Date: 20 June 2001
By Jennifer Steinhauer
Jennifer Steinhauer
Michael R Bloomberg, campaigning for Republican nomination for New York City mayor, says he will keep political reporters as far away from him as possible and that, if elected, he will hold less frequent press conferences (S)
Date: 21 June 2001
By Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder
Richard Berke
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Pres Bush's job approval rating is 53 percent, down seven points from March; finds his standing as leader on both domestic and foreign fronts has diminished considerably, despite his first overseas trip as president and passage of his sweeping measure to cut taxes; more than half of Americans say they are uneasy about his ability to tackle international crisis, and more people than not say he is not respected by other world leaders; by widening margins, people say they are less trusting that he will keep his word; majority of those polled seem disenchanted by what they view as his inattention to matters they care most about; there is substantial gap between his stand and theirs on many issues, including patients' bill of rights, education, energy, environment, raising minimum wage, prescription drugs and judicial appointments; poll is discouraging for Bush because on nearly every critical measure tested, he has shown no improvement in recent months, and often has lost ground; his standing is similar to Pres Bill Clinton's at this point in his tenure but, unlike Bush, Clinton's first months were marked by far more stinging legislative setbacks and political turbulence; photos; graphs; chart (L)
Date: 21 June 2001
Editorial says latest New York Times/CBS News poll shows Bush White House is increasingly and alarmingly out of touch with what Americans are thinking; says political honeymoons tend to fade as presidencies mature, but Pres Bush and his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, cannot be happy with that they see: Bush's approval rating dropping even after his big tax cut legislative achievement and his first foreign tour that ended fairly smoothly
Date: 20 June 2001
By Rafael Hermoso
Rafael Hermoso
New York Mets promote notion that full day of meetings has extinguished infighting that developed as players were quoted in press over weekend criticizing teammates, particularly Timo Perez (M)
Date: 21 June 2001
By John W. Fountain (NYT)
John Fountain
Scottie Edwards, 54-year-old man charged with stabbing of Indiana Star columnist Lynn Ford, is convicted of attempted murder; faces 20 to 50 years in prison (S)
Date: 21 June 2001
By Clifford Krauss
Clifford Krauss
Lori Berenson, 31-year-old New Yorker held for more than five years in Peruvian prisons on terrorism charges, is convicted by civilian court of collaborating in foiled terrorist plot to take entire Peruvian Congress hostage, and sentenced to 20 years in prison; three-judge tribunal in Lima rules that she rented house in Lima with co-conspirator to provide base for Marxist terrorist organization, Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), bought computer and communications gear for group, and used press credentials as cover to scrutinize halls of Congress and facilitate eventual attack; Berenson claims she is innocent of charges, but she again refuses to condemn MRTA; her parents and lawyer say they will appeal to Peruvian Supreme Court and international human rights tribunals; photo (M)
Date: 20 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
John Hancock Financial Services Inc's Maritime Life Assurance unit to buy Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group's Canadian life insurance unit for $153 million (S)
Date: 20 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Raytheon Co gets over $200 million in orders for about 35 aircraft, including 10 of its new Premier I business jets, at Paris Air Show (S)
Date: 21 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Music retailer National Record Mart says it has been forced into bankruptcy court by suppliers, including music units of Vivendi Universal, Sony Corp, Bertelsmann, EMI Group and AOL Time Warner, to which it owes $18.7 million (S)