Chinese Media Suddenly Focus on a Growing AIDS Problem
Date: 17 December 2000
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Official Chinese news media start publishing flurry of blunt articles about country's burgeoning AIDS problems, touching on topics that were previously considered far too sensitive; criticize country's AIDS prevention efforts as half-hearted and cite previously unmentionable estimates about thousands of Chinese peasants--and perhaps millions--who have contracted HIV virus after selling their blood on black market (M)
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An Apocalyptic Attitude Gripped the TV Commentators, Not Their Viewers
Date: 17 December 2000
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James Critic's Notebook column says television news anchors and commentators maintained relentlessly hysterical tone for five weeks that presidential election went undecided and that their apocalyptic attitude was far removed from that of general public, which was mildly curious or gripped, weary or disenchanged as the process unfolded (M)
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THE 43rd PRESIDENT: THE POLLS; Poll Shows Americans Divided Over Election, Indicating That Bush Must Build Public Support
Date: 18 December 2000
By Janet Elder
Janet Elder
CBS News poll finds that George W Bush has emerged from presidential election with bare majority of support and Americans, while welcoming his tax cut proposal, have other priorities; public's confidence in Supreme Court has also eroded since it stopped vote count in Florida; 55 percent of respondents are satisfied with outcome, but 45 percent are not, leaving Bush with little political capital (M)
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Milosevic's Servile Network Now Bows to It's New Masters
Date: 17 December 2000
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Serbia's state television and radio network, an essential pillar of Slobodan Miosevic's 13-year rule, is slipping easily into being cheerleaders for new democratic authorities, who seem reluctant to allow it much independence; network, which is overstaffed, underequipped and much derided, is thus an emblem of who is in charge in Serbia and how much--or how little--things have changed; photos (M)
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New Jersey Is Kind to Losers. Maybe Franks Is a Winner.
Date: 17 December 2000
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
On Politics column on Rep Bob Franks as gubernatorial candidate in 2001; notes recent Quinnipiac poll shows New Jersey voters know him and like him in numbers he could not have earned before his losing Senate campaign against Jon S Corzine; says read of New Jersey history shows that losing can be winning strategy, because it overcomes difficulty of becoming known in state split between two or more media spheres of influence (M)
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Marlins to Receive Downtown Stadium
Date: 18 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stadium will be built in Miami to house Florida Marlins, who will commit to 40-year lease (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 17 December 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-25 Pakistani's Exile Deal Is Met With Dismay Pakistan's former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has diminished his own public standing and that of the military government that allowed him to escape life imprisonment for corruption by fleeing to luxurious exile in Saudi Arabia. Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the military leader who vowed he would pursue the corrupt and bring them to justice, now has to explain why he let his biggest fish off the hook. 3
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 18 December 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Mideast Clashes Continue; Talks Set in Washington Negotiators for the Israelis and Palestinians will go to Washington today for separate meetings with American mediators, officials from both sides said. For the first time since the violence erupted in late September, Israeli and Palestinian officials are dropping their conditions for resuming negotiations and starting to talk while the shooting continues. A1 World's Greatest Threats In a sweeping projection of what the world will look like in the year 2015, the intelligence community has concluded that issues like the availability of water and food, changes in population, and the spread of information and disease will increasingly affect America's security. A6
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THE 43rd PRESIDENT: NEWS ANALYSIS; A Dual Path In Diplomacy
Date: 18 December 2000
By Jane Perlez
Jane Perlez
News analysis of appointment of Gen Colin Powell as Secretary of State-designate by President-elect George W Bush; photo (M)
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THE 43rd PRESIDENT: WOMAN IN THE NEWS; Compulsion To Achieve -- Condoleezza Rice
Date: 18 December 2000
By Elaine Sciolino
Elaine Sciolino
Woman-in-the-News profile of Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser-designate in incoming Bush administration; 46-year-old former political science professor and provost at Stanford University was top Russian expert on National Security Council in prior Bush administration; will be first woman to hold job; photos (M)
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