Travel Advisory; Newseum Plans a Move Across the Potomac
Date: 03 March 2002
Newseum in Arlington, Va, which chronicles history of journalism, is set to move to larger quarters in Washington, DC (S)
Replay sábado, 2 de marzo de 2002
El 2 de marzo de 2002 fue un sábado bajo el signo estelar de ♓. Era el día 60 del año. El presidente de los Estados Unidos fue George W. Bush.
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2nd of March 2002 News
Noticias tal como aparecieron en la portada del New York Times el 2 de marzo de 2002
Freedom From the Press
Date: 02 March 2002
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich Op-Ed column examines what he sees as Bush administration's attempts to stymie reporters who specialize in kind of investigative inquiry such as Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was pursuing when he was ambushed; other examples cited (M)
Trial Centers on Role of Press During Rwanda Massacre
Date: 03 March 2002
By Marlise Simons
Marlise Simons
Three former Rwandan news media executives stand accused of genocide and incitement to genocide through their use of radio broadcasts and newspapers; their trial before United Nations war crimes tribunal will examine scope of role played by news media in massacre of more than 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994; this is first time group of journalists stand accused before international tribunal on such grave charges since 1946, when Julius Streicher, Nazi publisher of anti-Semitic weekly Der Sturmer, appeared before Nuremberg judges; prosecutors in Rwanda case are drawing stark parallels between Der Sturmer's vitriolic campaigns against Jews before World War II and actions of some Rwandan media before and during 1994 slaughter of Tutsi; legal specialists believe outcome of current trial may set crucial precedent for future international cases; photos (M)
Kidnapping Suspect Bears Sign of Militancy Elsewhere
Date: 02 March 2002
By Douglas Jehl
Douglas Jehl
Pakistani police say Salman Saquib, suspect in Daniel Pearl kidnap-murder, has festering bullet wound suffered in Afghanistan or Kashmir, suggesting extent of Islamic terrorist threat; photo; believe such fighters are now involved in wave of attacks within Pakistan (S)
Believe It Or Not
Date: 03 March 2002
By Todd S. Purdum
Todd Purdum
Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld's abrupt closure of Pentagon's new Office of Strategic Influence after reports it might plant false news items shows how damaging perception that government might spread false information can be; expert Morton Halperin cites importance of keeping tactical military efforts separate from public diplomacy (M)
FOLLOWING UP
Date: 03 March 2002
By Joseph P. Fried
Joseph Fried
Following Up column on continuing grief of family of Kendra Webdale, who was pushed to her death in front of subway train in 1999; on New York City's agreement to pay $194,000 to 14 Hells Angels and friends who sued over police raid on headquarters in East Village in 2000; photos (M)
60 Feet Under
Date: 03 March 2002
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column on secret subterranean government headed by Vice Pres Dick Cheney that Pres Bush has set up to govern in event of nuclear attack on Washington; notes it features only executive branch, freed of legislative and judicial branch interference and of Democrats and reporters; holds it is free to function way real executive branch would like to, and frequently does (M)
A Story the Movies Can't Get Right
Date: 03 March 2002
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Foreign correspondnet Stephen Kinzer article on movies about foreign correspondents, including latest entry, Harrison's Flowers, starring David Strathairn and Andie MacDowell; photo (M)
Wall Of Ideas
Date: 03 March 2002
By Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column on his visit to Arab-Muslim world to talk to people about Sept 11 terrorism and United States-Muslim ties; scorns plan dropped by Pentagon to put out false reports to advance antiterrorist effort, holding Muslims do not believe US when it tells truth; cites ways in which both US and its Arab-Muslim allies have contributed to wall between them; urges Pres Bush and Egyptian Pres Hosni Mubarak to begin tearing down wall (M)
Columbus Circle's Towers Start to Tower
Date: 03 March 2002
By David W. Dunlap
David Dunlap
Steel nears topping out at Columbus Circle towers that will be first permanent home for Jazz at Lincoln Center, AOL Time Warner headquarters, CNN and CNNfn studios and multilevel shopping and restaurant arcade; still to come atop steel framework are two concrete towers contining condominium apartments and 251-room Mandarin Oriental Hotel; diagram; photos (M)