20 november 2004 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♏. Het was de 324e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 20 November 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Albert R Hunt, columnist and former Washington bureau chief of Wall Street Journal, who has spent nearly four decades working at paper, will join Bloomberg News's Washington bureau as managing editor for government reporting (S)
Date: 20 November 2004
By Gardiner Harris
Gardiner Harris
Man in News column on Dr David J Graham of Food and Drug Administration; Graham recently told Senate panel that his agency is incapable of protecting America against dangerous drugs; he charged that those inside agency who had reviewed safety of Vioxx, painkiller withdrawn from market in Sept, 'did a terrible job'; photo (M)
Date: 20 November 2004
By Craig S. Smith (NYT)
Craig Smith
Belgian police arrest Muslim convert for allegedly sending death threats to Senator Mimount Bousakla, who has been critical of fundamentalist Muslims; suspect, who news agencies say confessed to sending threats, is member of European Arab League, small Islamic party in Anvers (S)
Date: 21 November 2004
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich column suggests that if Steven Spielberg's movie Saving Private Ryan can be censored by 66 ABC stations that fear film's expletives would lead to punishment by FCC, we run danger that reports on war in Iraq can also be censored; says mere threat of FCC punishment can push broadcasters into self-censorship; asserts even now news organizations reporting facts that disagree with administration version of events risk being called traitors; photos (L)
Date: 21 November 2004
By Viv Bernstein
Viv Bernstein
Nascar's decision to change end-of-season format to 10-race playoff known as Nextel Cup Chase for Championship is perceived as success as television ratings, fan enthusiasm and media attention enjoy boost (M)
Date: 21 November 2004
Former Taliban fighter Reza Khan is sentenced to death in Kabul for his role in killing of foreign journalists Harry Burton, Maria Grazia Cutuli and Julio Fuentes and Afghan photographer Azizullah Haidari in November 2001; also was convicted of raping Cutuli before she was killed; Taliban members ambushed party on road between Kabul and Jalalabad shortly after Kabul fell (S)
Date: 20 November 2004
Editorial contends that Providence, RI, television reporter Jim Taricani has fallen victim to widening judicial assault on freedom of press; notes that he was convicted of criminal contempt of court for refusing to reveal who gave him FBI videotape documenting bribery and corruption in city government; maintains that leak caused no harm to legal system, but imprisonment of Taricani could have chilling effect on journalism's ability to expose corruption
Date: 20 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apollo Management to acquire Goodman Global Holdings, family-run company, for about $1.43 billion (S)
Date: 20 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fannie Mae is sued for securities fraud by Ohio Atty Gen Jim Petro, who accuses company of manipulating its earnings to inflate artificially the price of its common stock; suit is filed on behalf of Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, State Teachers Retirement System and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation; Franklin Raines, chief executive of Fannie Mae, and its chief financial officer and its controller are named as defendants in suit (M)
Date: 20 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
KeySpan Corp to sell remaining stake in Houston Exploration Company for about $369 million in public offering (S)