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Date: 12 May 2002
By Vicki Goldberg
Vicki Goldberg
Vicki Goldberg column traces history of photojournalism in light of Rise of the Picture Press: Photographic Reportage in Illustrated Magazines, 1918-1939 on view at International Center of Photography; photos (M)
Date: 13 May 2002
By David Carr
David Carr
Newsweek magazine has substantial editorial momentum, with recent National Magazine Award for general excellence against Time after number of news exclusives, but at same time, magazine has lost significant market share and seen profits decline; Time magazine has growing share of advertising pages sold by weekly news magazines, but all three, including US News & World Report, have lost ad pages in last two years; chart; photos of Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker and Time managing editor Jim Kelly (M)
Date: 12 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Two OPEC ministers said on Saturday that oil supplies were adequate, indicating they had no plan to raise production to stem the 33 percent surge in prices so far this year.
Date: 13 May 2002
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
CNN/SI, 24-hour sports network begun in 1996 by Time Warner's Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated magazine, will shut down on May 15, leaving ESPN's SportsCenter only cable program with daily national sports scores, news and highlights; demise of CNN/SI comes nearly four months after Fox Sports Net cable network dropped its national news program for two-hour talk program called The Best Damn Sports Show Period; loss of national competition for SportsCenter underscores potential of monolithic ESPN brand; SportsCenter remains essential to viewers despite 23 percent decline in viewers for its 6 pm program and 1 percent drop for its flagship 11 pm presentation since 1999 (M)
Date: 13 May 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Party Vote Defies Sharon, And Slows Peace Efforts The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, suffered an embarrassing defeat within his own Likud Party that will make new diplomacy in the Middle East more difficult, even as he put off a planned offensive into the Gaza Strip. After a bitter debate the central committee of his party defied him, going on record in support of a resolution against ever agreeing to an independent Palestinian state, a move that is bound to anger the Arab world. Mr. Sharon chose not to begin a dangerous offensive in the tightly packed refugee camps of Gaza, but defense officials said the army still intends to go into Gaza. A1 Doubts About Bombing The chief of the Palestinian Authority's intelligence service, Amin al-Hendi, said that a suicide bombing last week in Israel did not appear to be the work of Palestinian terrorists but rather seemed to have been conducted by Israeli criminals against an illegal gambling club. Israel said that the talk was irresponsible and without foundation and reasserted its position that Hamas, the radical Islamic group, was responsible for the bombing. A9
Date: 12 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Oil ministers for United Arab Emirates and Qatar, attending OPEC meeting in Cairo, say oil supplies are adequate and they have no plan to raise production to stem 33 percent surge in prices so far this year; OPEC holds almost 80 percent of known oil reserves yet pumps only about third of world supply, limiting production to bolster prices; OPEC will meet on June 26 to decide on production (M)
Date: 12 May 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-12 Troops on Gaza Border But Peace Hopes Linger After lifting its siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israeli troops continued to loom outside the Gaza Strip. President Bush said he believed the end of the siege should help to revive peace talks, although the leader of the Hamas movement, which took responsibility for the suicide bombing on Tuesday, said the group does not feel bound by peace initiatives. 10 Britain Approves Extradition A British judge ruled that an Algerian accused of being the leader of a London-based Qaeda cell and of plotting with Osama bin Laden to blow up Los Angeles International Airport should be extradited to the United States. 11
Date: 12 May 2002
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Analysis: Prime Min Ariel Sharon of Israel calculates whether and in what degree to attack Gaza Strip; despite latest suicide bombing that cost 15 Israeli lives, Sharon is hemmed in by domestic politics and fragile new commitment from Washington to press for peace; senior aides to Sharon have doubts about how far Pres Bush is willing to press Israel and Palestinians toward peace, or whether Washington is simply trying to pacify angry Arab allies, American Jews and Republican right wing with talk of new diplomacy (M)
Date: 12 May 2002
By Denny Lee
Denny Lee
Article on rivalry between New York's gay-oriented newspapers New York Blade News and LGNY; notes LGNY, founded in 1994 as Lesbian Gay New York, has been sold to Community Media, which has straight ownership, and renamed Gay City News; photos (M)
Date: 12 May 2002
By Raymond Bonner
Raymond Bonner
FBI agent Ronald Joseph, under heavy security, appears as witness in trial in Pakistan of men accused in killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl; says laptop computer belonging to one of defendants contains e-mail messages and photographs linking them to crime; submits 50-page report to court, contents of which lawyers decline to discuss; trial is being conducted in secrecy, but two unidentified Americans are being allowed to sit in; FBI has played active role in Pearl case; hotel receptionist testifies that Pearl had met in late January with man who used name Muzzafar Farooq but was in fact Ahmed Omar Sheikh, accused mastermind of Pearl's abduction and murder (M)