A Bazaar Erupts in Fury On a Tour of Everyday Life
Date: 05 November 2001
By Robert Nickelsberg
Robert Nickelsberg
Taliban allows 26 foreign journalists to make supervised visit to Kandahar to see how ordinary life is continuing there in face of American bombing; journalists--half of them Pakistani, two of the Americans--are far from popular; crowds shout 'death to America' and 'death to Bush'; excursion involves series of side trips to locations where Taliban says air raids caused civilian casualties; photos (M)
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More and More, Other Countries See the War as Solely America's
Date: 04 November 2001
By Donald G. McNeil Jr
Donald McNeil
Portraits of United States as lonely, self-absorbed bully taking out its rage about Sept 11 terrorist attacks on defenseless Afghanistan are on rise from intellectuals and editorialists around world; more and more, war is being seen abroad as 'America against Osama,' and not as Bush administration portrays it, 'all of us against terrorism'; intense rush of sympathy following Sept 11 seems to have faded everywhere but in Tony Blair, prime minister of Britain who continues to jet around globe to recruit support for cause; photo (M)
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U.S. Inquiry Into Trading Of Long Bond
Date: 05 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Treasury Department probes suspicious trading in 30-year bond after investment consultant Pete Davis says he told clients that Treasury planned to stop offering security; Davis says he attended 9 AM news conference in which reporters were advised of plan under condition data not be released until 10; says he told Stone & McCarthy Research Associates and Capra Asset Management representatives, thinking they would honor embargo (M)
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Swissair Will Sell Its Ticketing Unit
Date: 05 November 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bankrupt Swissair Group plans to sell its Atraxis ticketing unit (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 November 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-26 In Moscow, Rumsfeld and Putin Discuss Arms Control and War Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, beginning a trip through Russia and Central Asia, met President Vladimir V. Putin for what both sides indicated was a productive discussion of arms control and the war against terrorism. A8 Arafat and Peres Meet in Spain Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel discussed how to widen their corroded cease-fire and to restart political negotiations. Mr. Peres said the meeting was in no sense a negotiation; Mr. Arafat said that he was ready for peace talks. A8
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 05 November 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-7 Israel Begins Pullout Despite Gunman's Attack Israeli forces began pulling out from a Palestinian-controlled city in the West Bank, despite an attack by a Palestinian gunman, who emptied a semiautomatic rifle into a city bus in Jerusalem, killing two teenagers and injuring dozens of other people. An Israeli Army official said that the withdrawal had begun from Qalqilya, one of four Palestinian-controlled cities in which Israeli troops remained. A1 Nicaragua Awaits Vote Results Nicaraguans voted on whether to return the Sandinista leader, Daniel Ortega, pictured, to the presidency he lost in 1990, or to elect a Liberal Party stalwart and businessman, Enrique Bolaños. The two candidates were statistically tied in opinion polls. Results were not expected until today. A3
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Torture Seeps Into Discussion By News Media
Date: 05 November 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Growing number of voices in mainstream news media are raising, if not necessarily agreeing with, idea of torturing terrorism suspects or detainees who refuse to talk; some human rights advocates say weighing torture as possible course of action could begin process of legitimizing its use (M)
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DataBank; A Stumble, Then a Rally Amid Bad News
Date: 04 November 2001
By Sherri Day
Sherri Day
Financial markets performance over past week reviewed; graphs and charts (L)
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editor's CHOICE / Best Web bets from a personal point of view : For Lovers of Yesterday's News
Date: 05 November 2001
By Liz Alderman, International Herald Tribune
Liz Alderman
The virtual newspaper might be pressing its way into our lives, but Liz Alderman, the deputy business editor at the IHT, still prefers holding a bit of history in her hands. Here are some sites for the real thing — vintage newspapers. . www.lagalcan
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Stocks Rise on Hopes of an Interest-Rate Cut by the Fed
Date: 05 November 2001
By Michael Brick
Michael Brick
Stocks rose today in a broad rally led by technology issues, as investors followed a familiar pattern of being optimistic ahead of the Federal Reserve's regular meeting on interest rates.
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