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Date: 16 June 2002
By Tyler Kepner
Tyler Kepner
New York Yankees players insist that controversy over game against New York Mets, during which Mets pitcher Shawn Estes throws warning pitch close to Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens while he is at bat, is caused mostly by media and affected Yankees very little; photo (M)
Date: 16 June 2002
By Dean E. Murphy and David M. Halbfinger
Dean Murphy
Poll by New York Times and CBS News finds growing number of New Yorkers say they have seen remarkable change in race relations since Sept 11 terror attacks on World Trade Center; say people are more tolerant of different ethnic and racial groups, and less likely to overreact to perceived injustices or prejudices; graphs show poll findings; photos (M)
Date: 17 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Cos executives, including chairman Geoffrey C Bible and tobacco unit chairman Michael Szymanczyk, recently sold 504,155 shares for $27.6 million as stock neared record high (S)
Date: 17 June 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-8 Pre-emptive Action to Be Foundation of Bush's Plan President Bush has directed his top national security aides to make his new doctrine of pre-emptive action against nations and groups seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction the foundation of a new national security strategy, according to senior administration officials who are drafting the document. A1 Palestinian State Opposed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel rejected the idea of a provisional Palestinian state, which President Bush is said to be considering as part of a plan to revive peace talks that he is expected to announce this week. A8
Date: 16 June 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-10 Wider Militants' Network Is Seen as New Threat A new group of midlevel Qaeda operatives working in tandem with other Middle Eastern extremists has dispersed across the Islamic world from North Africa to Southeast Asia and now poses the most serious terrorist threat facing the United States, senior American officials say. 1
Date: 16 June 2002
Aletter on June 2 in defense of the television news reporters Brian Williams and Ashleigh Banfield, in response to an article on May 19 about network news in which Williams and Banfield were criticized by Roger Ailes of Fox News, misidentified the airline involved in a plane crash covered by Banfield for MSNBC and misstated the location. It was American Airlines, not United, and the crash was in Queens, not in suburban Long Island.
Date: 17 June 2002
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Radio Sawa, new radio station established by US government, beams news and music to youth throughout Arab world to counteract anti-American diatribes on Middle East airwaves (M)
Date: 16 June 2002
By Gary Santaniello
Gary Santaniello
Local business owners express surprise at congenial atmosphere that overtook town as news media descended on Norwalk, Conn, during Michael Skakel's murder trial; photos (M)
Date: 17 June 2002
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Beijing Mayor Liu Qi orders all Internet cafes in city closed temporarily after at least 24 die in fire in unlicensed cafe in university district; fire is said to be deadliest in city in more than 50 years (M)
Date: 16 June 2002
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee postpones $1,000-a-head fund-raising event scheduled for June 17 in Manhattan at which Martha Stewart was to serve as host; organizers say event was not postponed because of controversy surrounding Stewart's financial dealings (S)