Agassi Seeks to Extend His Streak in Australia
Date: 13 January 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Andre Agassi will attempt to win his third consecutive Australian Open title (M)
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13th of January 2002 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 13, 2002
Agassi Seeking Third Straight Australian Title
Date: 13 January 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
When the Australian Open starts on Monday, Andre Agassi will be trying to become the third player to win the tournament three straight times.
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 14 January 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-7 India Welcomes Terror Ban But Seeks Proof in Action Indian officials embraced a commitment by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, not to allow his country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks, but said that India would not scale back its military buildup unless Pakistan followed the promise with deeds. A1 President Bush telephoned the leaders of both nations to urge them to seek a peaceful resolution, and both agreed to try, officials said. A6
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 13 January 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Pakistan Leader Vows No Havens for Terrorists Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military leader, pledged that the country will not be used as a base for terrorism and announced a broad ban on militant groups accused of fomenting violence in Kashmir, as more than half a million Indian troops stood at the nations' border. 1 Senior Indian officials decided to postpone any official reaction to the speech until today. 12
Mexico Journal; Now the Morning News Is Earthy and Unsparing
Date: 14 January 2002
By Ginger Thompson
Ginger Thompson
Article on Mexico's popular new morning television program, in which host Victor Trujillo plays role of Brozo the clown and uses irreverent political satire and smutty barbs in making fun of nation's high and mighty; photos (M)
A Bubble No One Wanted to Pop
Date: 14 January 2002
By Gretchen Morgenson
Gretchen Morgenson
News analysis of collapse of Enron Corp and its ramifications; company, formerly cited as example of productivity miracle that new technologies were thought to have bestowed on astute companies across America, has become indictment of anything-goes approach to business that characterized late 1990's (M)
Pakistani Trying to Redefine the Nation
Date: 13 January 2002
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Analysis of Pakistani Pres Pervez Musharraf's speech sees him confronting challenges, both foreign and domestic, in ambitious style; cites his effort to redefine Pakistan's sense of itself after two decades of drift into lawlessness and violence; holds he plots daring course, setting forth vision of tolerant and progressive Islamic nation; it is uncertain whether he can overcome threat of violence from militant groups and Islamist sympathies in government and military; he strikes balance, particularly in remarks aimed at India, between conciliation and warnings of Pakistan's readiness to defend self (M)
what it MEANS:Jargon, acronyms, and other cryptic terms in the news : CRT, TFT, OLED
Date: 14 January 2002
By Victoria Shannon, International Herald Tribune
Victoria Shannon
Once upon a time, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, we all stared at CRTs, and this abbreviation for cathode ray tube was all anyone had to know about computer screens. A CRT, whose technology originated way back in 1901, is basically a vacuum tube, as in te
Sex and the TV Anchor
Date: 13 January 2002
Benjamin H Field letter comments on underlying issues in Walt
Hatfield vs. McCoy in TV Land
Date: 13 January 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN and Fox News Channel escalate their already fierce ratings war, heating up graphics and promotions and working furiously to poach talent from each other; Paula Zahn's move from Fox to CNN exemplifies steps taken by Jamie Kellner, chairman of Turner Broadcasting System, and Walter Isaacson, CNN chairman, to hold on to market share during slow news period, and these steps worry longtime CNN producers and correspondents who were raised in environment in which news, not personality, was star of network; Kellner and his counterpart at Fox, Roger Ailes, have inherited a feud from networks' titanic founders, Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch; Fox is growing revenue generator for Murdoch's News Corp and potentially its highest-profile news outlet, one that Murdoch hopes can become as global as CNN; photos; drawings; graphs (L)