China Takes Over Shenzhen Brokerage Firm
Date: 05 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chinese securities regulators and Shenzhen government report taking over financially ailing Southern Securities, Shenzhen-based brokerage firm, charging 'illegal and irregular operations and disorderly management;' firm's collapse may further hurt confidence in China's equity markets (S)
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News Groups Seek to Open Secret Case
Date: 05 January 2004
By Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse
Coalition of news and legal organizations seeks public access to information about post-Sept 11 detention case now before Supreme Court; case has been handled with unusual secrecy both there and in lower federal courts; case is appeal filed by Federal Public Defender's office in Miami on behalf of Mohamed Kamel Bellahouel, Algerian-born resident of Florida and one of more than 1,000 Arab men swept up and imprisoned following terrorist attacks on 9/11; publicly available version of Supreme Court petition omits many details, and includes blank pages; justices received complete versions; they have not decided whether to accept case (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 05 January 2004
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 New Afghan Constitution After Decades of War Delegates at a national meeting approved a new Constitution for Afghanistan after three weeks of often tense debate. Their decision heralded a new era of democracy after a quarter century of war. A1
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Parmalat Stake to Be Sold
Date: 04 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi, in jail on fraud charges, will surrender his stake in insolvent company and some of his personal assets to company's administrator; Tanzi family holds about 50 percent of company; Tanzi does not say whether his offer includes entire holding (S)
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Arsenal Seeks to Extend Its Reign in F.A. Cup
Date: 04 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Arsenal begins its quest to become the first club in 118 years to win the English F.A. Cup three consecutive times with a game at Leeds United.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 January 2004
INTERNATIONAL 3-9 Nuclear Trail to Pakistan: Global Network Emerges Pakistani officials have long denied that any nuclear technology was transferred from their laboratories. But now that story has begun to change, and what is striking about a string of recent disclosures is how many roads from the global nuclear network appear ultimately to lead back to the research laboratory where Pakistan developed its own nuclear bomb. 1
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City Council Ponders Playing Musical News Boxes. Again
Date: 04 January 2004
By Denny Lee
Denny Lee
New York City Council, eight months after enacting new ban, is considering whether to revise law barring news boxes from crosswalks and other pedestrian areas; newspaper publishers complain that law is too restrictive and standard for cleanliness is too high; photo (M)
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The Week in the News: Dec. 28, 2003-Jan. 3, 2004
Date: 04 January 2004
FOR anyone who doubts the fickle nature of Washington politics, more evidence emerged last week, with the clamor over the Justice Departments appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate how the name of an undercover officer for the Central Intelligence Agency was leaked.
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Sports of The Times; One Way to Determine Who's No. 1
Date: 05 January 2004
By William C. Rhoden
William Rhoden
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column suggests new system that would supplement Bowl Championship Series and leave media and computer voting out of rankings, in wake of Southern California University's third-place finish in BCS's last poll before Bowl Games; photos (M)
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The Optimist
Date: 04 January 2004
Jeremy Hart letter on Dec 21 Marshall Sella article on Dennis Kucinich says media coverage is determining factor of electability
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