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Date: 14 February 2000
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Ananova Ltd, interactive-services division of Press Association, British news agency, develops computer-generated newscaster who will begin broadcasting news from its Web site in April; photo (M)
Date: 14 February 2000
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Investment by Flatiron Partners in parent company of Industry Standard raises questions about how magazine will cover Flatiron and other companies in which Flatiron has invested; Jonathan Weber, editor in chief, discusses potential conflicts of interest, editor's letter and interview; photo (M)
Date: 13 February 2000
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Indonesia's press is freed from censorship by authorities, but breakdown of law and order and the fear of the mob have led to self-censorship; press is perhaps the Indonesia's most transformed institution; countless newspapers and radio stations have sprouted up, but they contribute to a brand new sense that anything goes; photo (M)
Date: 14 February 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Internet is having less radical impact on political journalism than it is having in other fields; Web magazines offer early and frequent coverage of political events, with some items posted unedited; reader-reaction 'threads' on Web sites have talk radio's visceral feel; Slate correspondent Jacob Weisberg comments; photos (M)
Date: 13 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comment on investment by Franklin Mutual group in stocks of department store companies, like Saks and J C Penney, which it says are at bargain levels (S)
Date: 13 February 2000
North County News managing editor Rick Pezzullo letter on Feb 6 article on Westchester County newspapers, which omitted his; editor's note reminds letter writers that article offered sampling (S)
Date: 13 February 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-17 Pinochet Era Files Suggest U.S. Knowledge of Deaths Declassified documents on political violence during the Pinochet era in Chile suggest that the State Department swiftly concluded that the Pinochet government had killed two Americans and would not have acted without a nod from American intelligence. 1 Hope Renewed in Ulster Assurances by the Irish Republican Army of its plans to disarm failed to forestall suspension of local government, but they now appear to be the basis for negotiations this week. 14
Date: 14 February 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-13 NATO Troops Kill Albanian Amid Battle in Kosovo City French troops killed an Albanian during fierce fighting through the streets of the divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica in the most sustained clashes involving peacekeeping troops since they arrived seven months ago. International troops seemed to have been caught in the middle of what Serbs and Albanians regard as the last battlefield of the war for Kosovo. A1 Hezbollah Won't Halt Raids The militant Islamic group Hezbollah, the Party of God, says it has no plans to halt its attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. The three-week offensive has posed a new obstacle to restarting peace talks between Israel and Syria. A10
Date: 13 February 2000
Rex T Reed, film critic, columnist and actor, is arresting on shoplifting charges, New York City (M)
Date: 13 February 2000
By Roy Furchgott
Roy Furchgott
Comment on WealthHound.com's Web page dedicated to news related to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan; photo (S)