Argentina: Rescuers Break the Ice
Date: 28 July 2002
By Larry Rohter
Larry Rohter
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Replaying Sunday, July 28, 2002
The July 28, 2002 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 208 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 23 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, July 28, 2025, 325 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in 39 days. You have lived for 8,726 days, or about 209,436 hours, or about 12,566,212 minutes, or about 753,972,720 seconds.
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28th of July 2002 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 28, 2002
Hebron Settlers Attack Palestinian Neighborhood
Date: 29 July 2002
By John Kifner
John Kifner
Jewish settlers in Hebron attack Palestinian neighborhood following funeral of Staff Sgt Elazar Leibovich, soldier fatally shot during ambush; kill teenage girl, beat several journalists and battle Israeli police (M)
Rivaldo Signs With A.C. Milan
Date: 29 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Brazilian national team forward Rivaldo signs with Italian club A C Milan (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 July 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-12 Powell Begins Asia Tour As Kashmir Dominates Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrived in India to begin a weeklong trip through South and Southeast Asia aimed at gathering support for the campaign against terrorism. Indian officials complained about what they say is continued infiltration from Pakistan into the disputed Kashmir region. Secretary Powell said he would press for talks between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, but did not expect a breakthrough on this visit. 1 House Approves Trade Power The House of Representatives passed legislation granting the White House broader powers to negotiate trade deals. The vote was largely along party lines, with 27 Republicans voting against the measure and 25 Democrats supporting it. President Bush said the authority, ''will open markets, expand opportunity, and create jobs for American workers and farmers.'' 1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 29 July 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-8 Pope Calls Priestly Abuse A Source of Shame Pope John Paul II, speaking to a public audience about the child sexual abuse crisis for the first time since it engulfed the Roman Catholic Church this year, called the crimes and misdeeds of some priests a source of shame and urged young Catholics not to lose faith. He spoke to hundreds of thousands of young people at a Mass in Toronto. A1 U.S. Weighs New Iraq Approach One concept the Bush administration is exploring for deposing Saddam Hussein offers a new if risky approach: capturing Baghdad and one or two command centers and weapons depots first, in hopes of cutting off the country's central authority and setting off a quick collapse of the government, senior administration and Pentagon officials say. One important aim would be to shock Iraq before it could use weapons of mass destruction. A1
CNBC Struggles Even as Financial News Abounds
Date: 29 July 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNBC's ratings are flagging, with daily average audience down 25 percent in second quarter from 2001 period, despite spike in big financial stories; network also faces question of whether it shares in taint of now-discredited stock analysts and chief executives it helped make celebrities; CNBC executives say they are making comeback; note they have shifted away from treating trading day as sporting event by offering deeper economic analysis; parent NBC chairman Robert C Wright says rating losses have not seriously hurt profits and reflect loss of general-interest viewers, not businessmen and investors sought by CNBC advertisers (M)
Sex Charges for 2 New Jersey Priests
Date: 28 July 2002
By Robert M. Frank
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Police in Montreal arrest two New Jersey priests, Rev William Giblin and Rev Eugene Heyndricks, and charge them with soliciting sex from minors; they and 28 other men are reportedly caught in sting operation meant to break up prostitution ring that included boys as young as 14; Giblin once led Seton Hall Prep (M)
Times Announces Selection Of 4 Editors for Senior Posts
Date: 29 July 2002
New York Times appoints four editors to senior positions; Susan Chira, Week in Review editor, will become editorial director of book development, succeeding Mitchell R Levitas, who is retiring; will be succeeded by national editor Katherine J Roberts; deputy sports editor Kathleen O McElroy is named associate managing editor for weekends to oversee coverage of Sunday and Monday newspapers; deputy national editor Jim Roberts is named national editor; their biographical profiles (M)
INSIDE
Date: 29 July 2002
2 Immigrants Die in Truck Two truckers were charged in the deaths of two illegal immigrants in Texas after a sweltering 12-hour ride that left 13 hospitalized. PAGE A9
What, Me Worry?
Date: 28 July 2002
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Article looks at denial as means by which some New Yorkers are dealing with bad news this summer, from continuing threat of terrorism to decline in stock market; experts comment; drawing; photo (M)