Foreign Subscribers Rely on a Digest of U.S. News
Date: 02 February 2003
By Todd S. Purdum
Todd Purdum
Digest of American news called Washington ProFile is distributed by e-mail to more than 20,000 Russian-language subscribers in more than 100 countries and to like number once a week in Chinese, operating on shoestring budget and without hard sell or partisan agenda; is brainchild of Nikolai Zlobin, former Russian journalist, who operates service with another Russian journalist and Chinese colleague; Bruce Blair, whose Center for Defense Information has sponsored service since fall of 2001, hopes to raise enough foundation or corporate money to expand service into Farsi, Arabic and Spanish and to extend its reach worldwide (M)
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At a Loss For Words, But Trying
Date: 02 February 2003
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley reviews television coverage of shuttle Columbia disaster (M)
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'Ann Landers' May Write Again
Date: 02 February 2003
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Article on search by Chicago Tribune for someone to succeed gossip columnist Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), who died last June; Amy Dickinson, 42, contributor to Time magazine and National Public Radio, says she has been offered job but has not yet made final decision; photos (M)
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Sports of The Times; James's Teammates Feel Brunt of Ban
Date: 02 February 2003
By Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column contends that LeBron James's high school St Vincent-St Mary (Ohio) allowed media to make spectacle of James by agreeing to play televised games all over country; holds that James's ban from rest of regular-season games because he accepted $845 in gifts punishes rest of his teammates, who will no longer be beneficiaries of media spotlight, success on court and strong fan support; photo (M)
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AT LUNCH WITH: Cindy Adams; Listen Up: Lady Plugs Self, Dog, Not Stars
Date: 02 February 2003
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Profile of and interview with famed New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who comments on her career and her new memoir, The Gift of Jazzy; photo (M)
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Ah, Those Principled Europeans
Date: 02 February 2003
By Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman Op-Ed column says he does not take Euro-whining on Iraq seriously because it reflects arguments of people who do not look beyond distorted Arab press to consider aspirations of young Arabs for democracy in Iraq and beyond; suggests Europeans are asserting their identity by trying to be whatever Americans are not, and finds their cynicism and insecurity, masquerading as moral superiority, to be insufferable (M)
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When Al Qaeda Calls
Date: 02 February 2003
By Peter Maass
Peter Maass
Article by Peter Maass describes experience of Al Jazeera's star reporter Yosri Fouda, who was summoned for interview by members of Al Qaeda in Pakistan last Apr; he was passed, secretly, from one Qaeda operative to another before arriving at safe house for meeting with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, chief of Al Qaeda's military committee, who confirmed being mastermind of of Sept 11 attacks; he also met Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who was introduced as coordinator of attacks; for two days he lived with those two, sharing tea and listening as they explained how they organized Sept 11 attacks; Fouda's odyssey is prime example of intricate dance that takes place between journalist trying to get story and terrorist trying to disseminate message; it also reflects unusual relationship between Al Jazeera and Al Qaeda; Fouda's program about his Pakistan journey delivered bitter pill to his Arab audience simply by reporting that Al Qaeda did carry out Sept 11 attacks; but he ended program by raising possibility of supposed American role, perhaps knowing that he would invite trouble by deviating too far from views of his sources and audience; photos (L)
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ORASURE WINS APPROVAL FOR EXPANDED USE OF H.I.V. TEST
Date: 01 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
OraSure Technologies receoves federal approval for expanded use of its HIV test, which can diagnose HIV in 20 minutes (S)
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APPLIED MATERIALS SAYS FIRST-QUARTER ORDERS FELL 35%
Date: 01 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Materials, world's biggest maker of computer-chip production equipment, says first-quarter orders fell 35 percent, more than forecast (S)
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ADVANCED MICRO DELAYS RELEASE OF 64-BIT CHIP FOR PC'S
Date: 01 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Advanced Micro Devices postpones release of its new line of faster chips for desktop PC's until September (S)
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