The April 25, 2000 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 115 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 26 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, April 25, 2026, 57 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, April 25, 2027, in 307 days. You have lived for 9,553 days, or about 229,273 hours, or about 13,756,439 minutes, or about 825,386,340 seconds.
25th of April 2000 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 25, 2000
Watching Elian Gonzalez
Date: 26 April 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
TV Notes column comments on coverage by three major 24-hour television news channels of removal by federal agents of Cuban youngster Elian Gonzalez from great uncle's home in Miami and his return to father in Cuban diplomatic residence near Washington; contestants in Survivor, reality-based television program planned on CBS, return to everyday lives after spending 39 days on remote island in Pacific without modern amenities; ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire features first African-American contestant; surgeon, Dr Maurice Clark, won $32,000 (M)
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Father's Lawyer Opposed TV Footage
Date: 26 April 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Gregory Craig, attorney for Juan Miguel Gonzalez, faxed letter to television news organizations on April 21 asking them to refrain from broadcasting coverage from inside Miami home where Gonzalez's son Elian was then staying; letter charged that extensive coverage permitted by relatives was deeping child's emotional suffering, and appealed to organizations' 'decency' not to further exploit Elian (S)
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A Firm Grip on Mexico's Dial; New-Generation Executive Controls Top Broadcaster
Date: 25 April 2000
By Julia Preston
Julia Preston
Article on Mexico's Grupo Televisa, world's biggest Spanish-language broadcast conglomerate; profiles on Emilio Azcarraga Jean, who is chairman, president and undisputed leader of Televisa, three years after his father, Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, who died in 1997; says Azcarraga has declared political independence for network's news shows, which under his father had been pro-government; graphs; photos (M)
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Iranian Students Protest Crackdown on Newspapers
Date: 26 April 2000
By Susan Sachs
Susan Sachs
Students at two Tehran universities hold peaceful demonstrations to denounce widening crackdown on independent press; courts close down 13th newspaper and issue arrest warrant for popular moderate cleric accused of insulting Islam by attending Berlin conference on democracy; perilous war of words between reform forces and hard-line opponents reviewed (M)
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Iran Reformers Feeling Pressed By Hard-Liners
Date: 25 April 2000
By Susan Sachs
Susan Sachs
Reformers in Iran, two months after their triumph in parliamentary elections, have come under fierce pressure from powerful Islamic conservatives; hard-liners have jailed writers and annulled some election results; Tehran courts have ordered eight daily and four weekly newspapers to stop publishing; banned newspapers that supported Pres Mohammad Khatami, whose calls for reform of judiciary and for open political debate have won him broad public support, but also fierce enemies in clerical establishment; photo (M)
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Industry Fears The Internet
Date: 26 April 2000
By Neil Strauss
Neil Strauss
Neil Strauss's Pop Life column says ease of posting music files on Internet or making them widely available through file-sharing software like Napster has set off new concern about advance copies of recording and a rethinking of traditional practice of preceding release of new records by liberally distributing advance cassettes and CD's to journalists and others in music business; Metallica's suit against Napster charges copyright infringement; photo; Napster will sponsor upcoming tour by Limp Bizkit; planned tour by rap artist Dr Dre noted (M)
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DRKOOP.COM HIRES ADVISER TO LOOK INTO ALTERNATIVES
Date: 26 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drkoop.com, whose share price has dropped 74 percent in last 12 months, hires Bear Stearns & Co to explore strategic alternatives and says America Online will take stake in company (S)
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UNOCAL WILL SHED ITS GRAPHITE AND CARBON BUSINESSES
Date: 26 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unocal Corp hires Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette to advise it on possible sale of Poco Graphite Inc in Texas and part of its petroleum coke business in Illinois (S)
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ICAHN MAKES BID TO BUY THE REST OF STRATOSPHERE
Date: 26 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Financier Carl C Icahn, who already controls 89.6 percent stake in Stratosphere Corp, offers to buy rest of casino operator for $44.35 a share, about $9.4 million; Icahn's offer values company at $90 million (S)
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TECUMSEH PRODUCTS SAYS IT WILL LAY OFF 1,500 WORKERS
Date: 26 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tecumseh Products Co, maker of engines for lawn mowers and snowthrowers, will cut 1,500 jobs, or about 8 percent of its work force, and close plant in Somerset, Ky; reductions will be made over 18 months (S)
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