World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: More Prisoners Freed
Date: 19 July 2001
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Military government of Myanmar releases 11 more political prisoners, including leading journalist Daw San San New who was imprisoned in 1994 (S)
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Date: 19 July 2001
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Military government of Myanmar releases 11 more political prisoners, including leading journalist Daw San San New who was imprisoned in 1994 (S)
Date: 19 July 2001
By Barbara Crossette (NYT)
Barbara NYT
Committee to Protect Journalists reports upsurge in attacks against news media in Angola; says journalists are being detained and interrogated in provincial cities, as well as capital of Luanda (S)
Date: 19 July 2001
By Ward Just
Ward Just
Op-Ed article by Ward Just, former Washington Post reporter, says aspiring publishers would do well to study career of Katharine Graham, one of great American publishers of last century; photo (M)
Date: 19 July 2001
By Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon reviews Greenfield at Large, CNN news program moderated by Jeff Greenfield (M)
Date: 19 July 2001
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column in form of tribute to Katharine Graham, publisher of Washington Post, who died at age of 84; calls her journalistic giant (M)
Date: 20 July 2001
By Craig S. Smith (NYT)
Craig Smith
Li Wangling, sister of Chinse labor activist Li Wangyang, is charged with subversion and sentenced to three years in labor camp, apparently for talking with foreign reporters (S)
Date: 20 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Accenture, consulting and project-management company, rise after its $1.67 billion initial offering (S)
Date: 19 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merck & Co receives additional six months of exclusive sales rights for its cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor after Food and Drug Administration reverses decision that would have allowed immediate generic competition (S)
Date: 20 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sprint reports net income of $290 million in second quarter, compared with $443 million year ago; sales dropped 3 percent, to $4.31 billion (S)
Date: 19 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Safeco Corp plans to eliminate 1,200 jobs, or 10 percent of its work force (S)