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Date: 08 December 1996
By Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges
Radio B92, independent radio station recently forced off the air by Serbian authorities, has begun digital broadcasts on anti-Government protests over audio Internet links; tens of thousands of students, journalists and others are believed to be connected on line to this technological revolt; photos (M)
Date: 09 December 1996
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
St Louis Post-Dispatch, facing charges of bias in forthcoming mayoral election between two black candidates, has hired Chuck Stone, black journalism professor, as ombudsman to monitor its election coverage from North Carolina; long distance reader advocacy breaks new ground in history of newspaper ombudsmen; editor Cole C Campbell discusses move, interview; Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr's backers hold paper favors likely challenger, Clarence Harmon Jr; photo (M)
Date: 09 December 1996
Letter from Juraj Sivacek, pres secretary of Embassy of Slovakia, disputes November 29 article, which suggested dismissal of Tatiana Repkova as editor of daily newspaper Narodna Obroda resulted from Slovakian Government's efforts to control news media; says Slovakia played no role in dismissal (S)
Date: 08 December 1996
Andrew Ross letter indicts media for spreading quack ideas until they become canards
Date: 08 December 1996
International 3-27 SERB REBELLION ON THE INTERNET When President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia tried to shut down independent news media, he spawned a movement that may undermine his hold on power -- the use of Internet web sites for news. 1 In Bosnia, a group of Serbs went home to a Muslim area. 20 CHINA'S NEW THROWAWAY CULTURE Having discovered the convenience of a throwaway culture, China is passing through a phase in which everyone seems to be throwing trash out the window. 3 BURMESE ANGER OVER PIPELINE Burmese rights groups say Myanmar's military Government has used forced labor on a natural gas pipeline route, and they are demanding that foreign companies end their involvement. 4 PERU DEBATES 3D FUJIMORI TERM The next election is not scheduled until 2000, but Peru is engaged in an intense debate over whether President Alberto K. Fujimori should run for a third term. 27 VENEZUELANS MINE FRAGILE LANDS Venezuela plans to lift bans on gold and diamond mining in ecologically fragile areas and to grant amnesties to companies that have been mining without permission. 22 Mothers in Colombia plead for the release of abducted soldiers. 21 France asked its neighbors to help find bombing suspects. 17 National 28-48 SOCIAL SECURITY PANEL SPLIT After more than two years of work, a Federal advisory panel that has been studying Social Security is unable to reach a consensus on a long-term plan for financing the retirement program. 1 RECYCLING WORKERS As many as one-fifth of contract workers, probably more than a million, are people who have returned to their old companies, many after being pushed off payrolls or lured off with lucrative buyouts. 1 PANEL'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN With his foreign policy team in place, President Clinton's aides say, he must now decide on the future of the National Economic Council. 1 CHANGES FOR THE UNITARIANS Lately, Unitarian clergy members say, their congregations are exploring forms of prayer and meditation and other rituals. 28 SPEED LIMIT TO RETURN? A year after Montana became the only state without a fixed daytime speed limit on its highways, some leading state officials have decided they want one back. 28 INFLUENCING MACHIAVELLI A Dartmouth College political scientist has aroused debate by arguing that Leonardo da Vinci influenced Niccolo Machiavelli's thinking in a way that ultimately sparked the development of modern industrial society. 36 HORSE PLAN CRITICIZED The Bureau of Land Management's plan to protect wild horses in the Owyhee Mountains of Idaho has come under fire from some of the county's 8,545 residents. 41 HAWAII'S SNOWPLOW IS KEPT BUSY Hawaii's only snowplow is back at work, removing drifts from the state's highest mountain so scientists can reach the observatories at the summit. 43 A HINT IN EARHART MYSTERY A scrap of metal found on an island in the Pacific might have come from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her last flight -- or it might not have. 44 Metropolitan 49-61 POOR TEACHERS GET COACHING In a remedial program for poor New York City teachers, a teaching coach works one-on-one in the classroom for as long as a year. The existence of the program, one of only a handful in the country, is a measure of the extent of New York City's problem with poorly performing teachers and its difficulty in dismissing teachers who have tenure. 1 IMPERATIVE FOR THE CITY STREETS New York City, in the most ambitious urban-design initiative of Mayor Giuliani's administration, wants to import some of the flavor of the Parisian streetscape. Where the cities will be similar -- at least where the Mayor hopes they will be similar -- will be in defining a kind of ''look'' for the city. 49 A $20 MILLION GIFT FOR SUNY Charles B. Wang, a software entrepreneur from Long Island, is pledging $20 million to $25 million to create an Asian-American cultural center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His gift is believed to be the largest private donation to the state system and one of the biggest to any public college or university in the country. 49 Neediest Cases 61
Date: 09 December 1996
International A3-13 SERB COURT ENDORSES ANNULMENT The Serbian Supreme Court endorsed the annulment of local elections won by the opposition, in a move likely to heighten tensions between the Government and tens of thousands of demonstrators. A1 DEAL FREES HOSTAGES IN SUDAN In a bargain he called ''surreal,'' a United States Congressman teamed up with a Sudanese diplomat to persuade an unpredictable rebel leader in southern Sudan to free three Red Cross workers. A1 VISIT TO JAILED AMERICAN IN PERU The parents of a New York woman who is serving a life sentence for terrorism in Peru have been allowed to visit her for the first time in her prison high in the Andes. A3 AFGHAN REBELS FREE U.N. JET A United Nations plane that was forced by Taliban guerrillas to land in western Afghanistan was released and flew on to Pakistan. A5 DISPUTE SEALS FRENCH CAVE Disputes over who owns a cave in southern France where amateur explorers found prehistoric wall-paintings two years ago have kept it sealed to scientific study. A7 REBELS ADVANCE IN ZAIRE Zairian rebels have taken two strategic towns in the northeast, cutting off Government troops from a main land route leading to the region's capital, local officials said. A8 PEACEKEEPERS AND PROSTITUTION The United Nations has ordered an investigation into how many of its peacekeepers in conflicts abroad may have hired child prostitutes during their assignments. A9 REVISITING FLIGHT 007 In his first interview with an American journalist, the Soviet pilot who shot down a Korean 747 airliner 13 years ago addressed some mysteries of the event and insisted no civilians were aboard. A12 BURMESE CAPITAL REMAINS TENSE The streets of the Burmese capital were quiet but tense as hundreds of policemen blocked off parts of the city to prevent demonstrations by angry students. A13 Hong Kong Journal: The changing language of power. A4 National A14, B8-12 MIXED SIGNS ON AIR SAFETY More passengers have died in airline crashes in 1996 than in any other year, even though statistics show that air travel is becoming safer over time. A1 LANGUAGE BARRIER IN AIR At an air traffic control laboratory in Florida a rare program teaches veteran controllers from other countries to work in English. A1 Hundreds have died in crashes tied to language problems. B10 COLLEGE GIFT CAUSE UPROAR A gift to the University of California's Berkeley campus to build a new center for ancient Chinese cultures has set off an uproar among some scholars and students who fear a loss of access to the People's Republic of China. A1 POET CAMPAIGNS FOR LITERACY The nation's poet laureate, Robert Hass, has spent much of the last two years in his post traveling to business and civic meetings across the nation warning that literacy standards have been plummeting. A1 SHIFT AT MEN'S MAGAZINES Many men's magazines are following the lead of women's magazines by offering information about fashion, fitness, sexual prowess, parenting, even primping. A1 BRIDGING SUBURBAN GAP Detroit Journal: Few cities and their suburbs have histories as full of mutual mistrust as Detroit. A14 TEXAS G.O.P. SPLIT Texas Republicans are fighting over a race to send one more of their own to Washington. A14 AIRPORT STRUGGLE IN CHICAGO The Mayor of Chicago and the Governor of Illinois have been arguing over a small airport on the shores of Lake Michigan. B9 CLOSE LOOK AT SIMPSON JUDGE Much second-guessing and back-seat adjudicating in O.J. Simpson's civil case revolves around the judge, Hiroshi Fujisaki. B12 Thirty-two college students were chosen as Rhodes Scholars. B11 Metro Report B1-7 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C11-18 Chinese warning to Disney casts a chill. C11 Richard Meier to receive architects' gold medal. C13 Kennedy Center Honors. C13 Theater: Critic's Notebook. C11 Dance: Playful abstraction from the Alvin Ailey troupe. C11 Tribute to Charlie Parker. C16 Books: Visual pleasure in works for children. C18 Television: Bobby McFerrin: ''Loosely Mozart.'' C16 Sports C1-9 Baseball: Orioles sign Key. C1 Basketball: Freshman point guard leads Seton Hall over Pitt. C4 Football: Giants dominate the Dolphins. C1 Patriots beat Jets. C7 College bowls are set. C3 Column: Anderson on Parcells C7 Obituaries B12-13 Jose Donoso, Chilean novelist B13 John L. Loeb Sr., investor and philanthropist B13 Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials New York as welfare model. Shortchanged diplomacy. Brent Staples: Dying to be black. Letters Anthony Lewis: Light in the darkness. Bob Herbert: The safety net works. William Safire: Above the law? William J. Bennett and C. DeLores Tucker: Wal-Mart's free choice. Chronicle B8 Bridge C16 Crossword C12
Date: 09 December 1996
Alabama's defensive coordinator Mike Dubose is expected to be named new head coach (S)
Date: 09 December 1996
By Nadine Brozan
Nadine Brozan
Crown Princess Masako of Japan, in her first solo press conference, says that conflict between ancient palace ways and her self has caused her 'hardship' (S)
Date: 09 December 1996
Benetton team manager Flavio Briatore threatens to boycott Formula One races in Italy if there are convictions for 1994 death of driver Ayrton Senna at Imola (S)
Date: 08 December 1996
By Daniel B. Schneider
Daniel
The Local Climates Q. I've noticed that local television news give weather readings from each of the five boroughs. I haven't paid that much attention, but is the weather really that different across the city? A. The weather can, in fact, vary greatly from borough to borough. For instance, the most intense thunderstorms in the area tend to concentrate over lower New York Bay and Jamaica Bay, said John Davitt, a staff meteorologist at New York 1 News, the all-news cable channel. Thus, he said, the southern sections of Brooklyn and Queens, like Bensonhurst, Flatbush, Canarsie and Howard Beach, are always hardest hit by rainfall.