Blake Won't Return To Kings' Blue Line
Date: 29 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Rob Blake says he will not return to Los Angeles Kings this summer as unrestricted free agent (S)
Replaying Monday, May 28, 2001
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28th of May 2001 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 28, 2001
2 Buyout Firms Will Acquire Yell of Britain
Date: 28 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hicks Muse Tate & Furst Inc and Apax Partners & Co agree to buy Yell Group, yellow-pages unit of British Telecommunications, for 2.14 billion pounds (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 29 May 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-8 European Market Expands For Colombian Cocaine Drug smuggling into Europe from Colombia and other cocaine-producing South American countries has picked up as cocaine use in the United States has leveled off, according to the latest American data. Up to 200 tons of cocaine flowed into Europe last year, as much as double the amount in 1996, officials say. The United States received about 330 tons last year, a figure that has remained stable in recent years as consumption by casual users has fallen. A1 Deal on Spy Plane's Return American and Chinese officials have ''agreed in principle'' that the damaged Navy surveillance plane on Hainan will be partly dismantled and removed from China on a giant Russian-designed cargo plane, the American Embassy in Beijing said. A8
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 May 2001
INTERNATIONAL A2-6 U.S. Plans Offer to Russia To End ABM Treaty Dispute The Bush administration, in an opening offer to Russia to win cooperation in scrapping the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, is preparing to propose a broad package of arms purchases, military aid and joint anti-missile exercises, said officials devising Mr. Bush's strategy. They said the plan is likely to include an offer to buy Russian-made missiles that could be used in a defensive shield over Russia and Europe. A1 Foreign Policy Challenges President Bush's broad foreign policy agenda, and not just the hope of deploying a defensive missile system, is at risk of being frustrated in a Democratic-controlled Senate, which can be expected to give closer scrutiny to easing troop commitments in the Balkans and will probably support a more active engagement in the Middle East. A5
Media Talk; NBC Shuffles Its All-Star News Producers
Date: 28 May 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
NBC News has made extensive management changes, and rivals hope this may give them change to whittle away at NBC's lead in ratings; NBC says new lineup will make it more competitive; photo (S)
Disliking Coverage, Cleveland's Mayor Retaliates
Date: 28 May 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Mayor Michael R White of Cleveland bars reporter and photographer from Plain Dealer from news conference at which he announces to rest of local news media that he will not seek re-election to fourth term; says Plain Dealer has been unfair in its coverage of him (M)
Brazilian Agency Receives a Clio
Date: 29 May 2001
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
W/Brasil Publicidade takes top prize for television and cinema commercials at annual Clio Awards (S)
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