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Date: 06 December 1999
INTERNATIONAL A3-14 Israel Debates Identity Of a Jewish State Debate is raging inside and outside Israel's Parliament over a bill introduced by an Israeli-Arab legislator that proposes anchoring in law the seemingly factual assertion that Israel is a democratic and multicultural state, while cleverly omitting a sacred point: that Israel values one culture above all others. A1
Date: 05 December 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-28 Clinton's Trade Goals Not Met at Conference President Clinton's effort to shape an ambitious agenda to liberalize trade and broaden the mandate of the World Trade Organization collapsed after a rebellion by developing countries and deadlock among America's biggest trading partners forced the administration to all but abandon one of its major policy goals. 1 Report on Kosovo Abuses Two reports on rights abuses in Kosovo present a picture of an ugly war, full of cruelty by Serbs, and an ugly peace at the hands of Albanians. 1
Date: 06 December 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Financial news and information sells on the Web, but can entertainment news sell, too? Today, a handful of magazine-industry expatriates will announce the plans for their new Web venture, Powerful Media, a company that has attracted advance attention because its founders are from the core of Manhattan's ever-churning, self-scrutinizing media world.
Date: 06 December 1999
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Shortly before 6 p.m. last Monday, in the crush of evening deadlines, two dozen government agents burst into the newsroom of Hong Kong's scrappy tabloid newspaper, The Apple Daily. It was the first time in memory that Hong Kong's authorities had demanded to search a newspaper's editorial offices. After a stunned pause, the paper reverted to form.
Date: 05 December 1999
A Manhattan convenience-store employee was charged with assault Friday after he stabbed a man who demanded a free shopping bag, the police said. The incident began shortly before 6 p.m., the police said, when John Dancy entered Sims Deli at 34th Street and Park Avenue and asked for a shopping bag from Ajim Kahn, who was working behind the counter.
Date: 05 December 1999
By Stephen Sherrill and Paul Tough
Stephen Sherrill
What was The New York Times? The short answer is, it's what you're holding in your hands, if, that is, you still have what we call ''hands.'' The New York Times was a newspaper. But what, you may ask, was a newspaper? Let's, as we said back in the second millennium, ''break it down.'' News. Paper. News, on paper.
Date: 06 December 1999
By Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard
The Nets are rolling toward the infamous 3-17 like a boulder down a hill. That sorry record after 20 games was the mark that officially doomed Coach John Calipari one season ago, and it doesn't take much clairvoyance to see that Coach Don Casey's Nets are headed for the same spot. The Nets (2-15) are host to the powerful Sacramento Kings (11-3) tonight and the solid Milwaukee Bucks (9-7) on Wednesday before visiting the hapless Chicago Bulls (1-13) on Friday. The Nets are not assured of beating anyone, but a loss to the Bulls would be surprising.
Date: 05 December 1999
By Denise Grady
Denise Grady
For women caught in a difficult labor, a study offered reassuring news about the safest way to deliver the baby. Contrary to what many doctors and patients had assumed, once labor has begun using forceps or a vacuum tool poses no more risk of brain hemorrhage to the newborn than performing a Caesarean section. All three methods are linked to a slightly higher risk of brain injury than a normal, spontaneous birth, but researchers say the increased risk appears to be due to abnormal labor, rather than to the method of delivery. DENISE GRADY
Date: 06 December 1999
By Irvin Molotsky
Irvin Molotsky
Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, who recently mocked frontrunner Gov George W Bush's answers to questions on past drug use, says remarks were unsuccessful attempt at humor; Sen John McCain says he regrets his early opposition to holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr in home state of Arizona (M)
Date: 06 December 1999
The British Sky Broadcasting Group is expected to announce on Monday that it will pay $1.3 billion to acquire about a 26 percent stake in a pay television concern owned by the Kirch Group, a German media company, executives close to the talks said here tonight. The move would be B Sky B's first major foray outside of Britain and Ireland as it seeks to leverage its success here in other markets throughout Europe.