Přehrávání čtvrtek 1. prosince 2005

1. prosince 2005 bylo čtvrtek pod hvězdičkou . Byl 334 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl George W. Bush.

Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 20 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly pondělí 1. prosince 2025 před 189 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou úterý 1. prosince 2026, za 175 dní. Žili jste 7 494 dní nebo přibližně 179 874 hodin nebo přibližně 10 792 480 minut nebo přibližně 647 548 800 sekund.

Někteří lidé, kteří sdílejí tyto narozeniny:

  • Pablo Escobar (drogový baron, podnikatel, politik, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1949)
  • Woody Allen (autor, autor sci-fi, charakterní herec, dramatik, filmový herec, filmový producent, filmový režisér, hudební skladatel, hudebník, jazzový hudebník, klarinetista, komik, novinář, scenárista, spisovatel, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1935)
  • Zoë Kravitzová (filmový herec, herec, hlasový herec, model, televizní herec, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1988)
  • Vlad III. Dracula (panovník, Narozen dne 22. listopadu 1431)
  • Jen Psakiová (politik, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1978)
  • Georgij Konstantinovič Žukov (politik, voják, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1896)
  • Riz Ahmed (filmový herec, filmový režisér, herec, hudebník, rapper, scenárista, televizní herec, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1982)
  • Richard Pryor (autor autobiografie, filmový herec, filmový režisér, komik, novinář, scenárista, televizní herec, televizní producent, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1940)
  • Pilát Pontský (politik, úředník, Narozen dne 3. prosince 12)
  • Sarah Silvermanová (filmový herec, herec, hlasový herec, komik, kytarista, scenárista, televizní herec, televizní producent, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1970)
  • Aiko Toši (aristokrat, student, Narozen dne 1. prosince 2001)
  • Bette Midlerová (divadelní herec, filmový herec, filmový producent, herec, hlasový herec, hudebník, komik, televizní herec, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1945)
  • Alexandra Dánská (aristokrat, fotograf, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1844)
  • Camille Cottin (herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1978)
  • Armin Meiwes (informatik, vrah, zločinec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1961)
  • Verónica Forquéová (divadelní herec, filmový herec, filmový režisér, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1955)
  • Emily Mortimerová (divadelní herec, filmový herec, filmový producent, herec, novinář, scenárista, televizní herec, televizní režisér, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1971)
  • Janelle Monáe (baletní tanečník, chanteuse, filmový herec, herec, hudební producent, hudební skladatel, nahrávající umělec, písničkář, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1985)
  • Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (ekonom, investor, inženýr, konzultant, podnikatel, politik, sportovní manažer, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1949)
  • Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Ulamá, fakíh, Narozen dne 27. listopadu 780)
  • Yolandi Visser (herec, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1984)
  • Jaco Pastorius (basista, hudební skladatel, hudebník, jazzový hudebník, kapelník, nahrávající umělec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1951)
  • Treat Williams (autor dětské literatury, divadelní herec, filmový herec, filmový producent, herec, producent, režisér, televizní herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1951)
  • David Hornsby (filmový herec, filmový producent, herec, hlasový herec, scenárista, televizní herec, televizní producent, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1975)
  • Tyler Joseph (hudební producent, hudební skladatel, klavírista, kytarista, písničkář, rapper, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1988)
  • Sun Jang (plavec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1991)
  • Jean Racine (autor, básník, dramatik, historik, libretista, překladatel, spisovatel, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1639)
  • Tim Sweeney (podnikatel, videoherní vývojář, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1970)
  • Rick Scott (advokát, podnikatel, politik, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1952)
  • Salvatore Schillaci (fotbalista, herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1964)
  • Katherine LaNasa (baletní tanečník, choreograf, filmový herec, herec, podnikatel, televizní herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1966)
  • Nestor Carbonell (divadelní herec, filmový herec, herec, hlasový herec, televizní herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1967)
  • Jeremy Northam (divadelní herec, filmový herec, televizní herec, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1961)
  • Louis Slotin (chemik, fyzik, jaderný fyzik, spisovatel literatury faktu, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1910)
  • Ču Te (politik, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1886)
  • Nora von Waldstätten (divadelní herec, filmový herec, hlasový herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1981)
  • Édouard Baer (divadelní herec, filmový herec, filmový producent, filmový režisér, herec, režisér, rozhlasový moderátor, scenárista, televizní herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1966)
  • Charles Michael Davis (filmový herec, herec, model, televizní herec, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1984)
  • Neil Warnock (fotbalista, fotbalový trenér, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1948)
  • John Densmore (autor písní, bubeník, filmový režisér, herec, tanečník, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1944)
  • Luís Vaz de Camões (básník, dramatik, spisovatel, voják, Narozen dne 21. listopadu 1524)
  • Minoru Yamasaki (architekt, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1912)
  • Claire Chazalová (novinář, odborář, spisovatel, televizní moderátor, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1956)
  • Vasilij Konstantinovič Bljucher (politik, voják, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1889)
  • Charlene Tiltonová (divadelní herec, filmový herec, herec, televizní herec, zpěvák, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1958)
  • Lee Trevino (golfista, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1939)
  • Richard Neville (diplomat, kondotiér, politik, Narozen dne 22. listopadu 1428)
  • Marie Tussaud (sochař, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1761)
  • Alain Bashung (herec, písničkář, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1947)
  • Dimartino (autor písní, písničkář, Narozen dne 1. prosince 1982)

1st of December 2005 News

Zprávy, jak se objevily na titulní stránce New York Times dne 1. prosince 2005

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Date:

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

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