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30th of October 2001 News
Ziņas, kas parādījās New York Times pirmajā lapā 2001. gada 30. oktobris
Bulk Sales Bolster USA Today's Lead in National Circulation
Date: 30 October 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Six-month figures compiled by Audit Bureau of Circulations show USA Today, flagship newspaper of Gannett Co, solidified its title as nation's circulation leader; report also shows that newspaper's bulk sales made up 44 percent of its average daily sales of 2,242,000; after USA Today, the papers with highest daily circulations are The Wall Street Journal, with 1,781,000, up 1 percent; The New York Times, at 1,109,000, up 1.1 percent, The Los Angeles Times, at 973,000, down 4.9 percent, The Washington Post, at 760,000, down 0.7 percent, Daily News of New York, at 734,000, up 4.6 percent; circulations of top three Sunday newspapers dropped about 0.8 percent, with New York Times reporting Sunday circulation of 1,669,000; Sunday figures for Washington Post and Chicago Tribune noted (M)
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Media Outlets, Governor's Office and Postal Center Feel the Brunt
Date: 31 October 2001
By Eric Lipton
Eric Lipton
Anthrax outbreaks in New York media and elsewhere reviewed; photo of Dan Rather; list of New York victims (M)
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Rumsfeld Details Military Operations in Afghanistan
Date: 30 October 2001
By Terence Neilan
Terence Neilan
The United States has a "very modest number of ground troops" operating in Afghanistan for liaison and targeting purposes, the defense secretary said today.
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Trying to Stack the Deck So Even a Loss Is a Win
Date: 30 October 2001
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
EchoStar Communications Corp's chairman, Charles W Ergen, is almost assured not to lose even if deal to combine Echostar with General Motors Corp's Hughes Electronics' DirecTV unit is eventually blocked by Washington on ground tht it would be anticompetitive; for no matter what happens with regulators, he will be able to pore over his rival's books, effectively prevent DirecTV from outpacing his own company and keep his prize out of hands of News Corp's Rupert Murdoch for at least a year; EchoStar risks modest $600 million breakup fee and being forced to pay about $5 billion for PanAmSat Corp, provider of satellite-services to commercial customers that Ergen has said he wanted anyway; if deal goes through, Ergen would immediately vault into upper ranks of television's power brokers, reaching nearly 17 million subscribers, more than nation's largest cable television operator, AT&T Broadband; chart; photo (M)
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Survey Shows Doubts Stirring On Terror War
Date: 30 October 2001
By Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder
Richard Berke
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Americans for first time are raising doubts about whether nation can accomplish its objectives in fighting terrorism at home and abroad, including capturing or killing Osama bin Laden, saving international alliance from unraveling and protecting people from future attacks; after six weeks in which public was reluctant to criticize government's response to September 11 terrorist attacks there are stirrings of discontent that extend to how nation is responding to domestic terrorism and how it is handling war; public is questioning whether government is doing enough to forestall what it increasingly expects to be another attack within months; is still giving Pres Bush overwhelming approval, despite qualms; Bush's job approval rating, which soared after September 11, stands firm at 87 percent; Congress has approval rating of 67 percent, highest since 1970's; other findings of poll discussed; graphs; charts (M)
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Possible Anthrax Case Shuts a New York Hospital
Date: 30 October 2001
By Steven Greenhouse and Eric Lipton
Steven Greenhouse
Unidentified, 61-year-old Bronx woman is critically ill with what health officials believe is first case of inhalation anthrax in New York City; preliminary diagnosis leads city to temporarily close Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, where infection may have occurred; New Jersey officials report unidentified 51-year-old Mercerville woman contracted skin anthrax, making her first person who is not postal employee or government worker, or connected to media company, to be infected during current crisis; officials see link with Hamilton Township mail processing center, which handled several anthrax-tainted letters; photo (M)
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A Public Health Mystery Is Transformed Into a Criminal Investigation
Date: 31 October 2001
By Dana Canedy
Dana Canedy
Anthrax outbreak in Florida in month since death of Robert Stevens reviewed; photos; co-workers at American Media agree that Stevens, who had bad eyesight, apparently stuck his nose inside crank letter being passed around office, and so contracted deadly inhalation form of disease (M)
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These Days, Press Secretary Toes a Narrower Line
Date: 30 October 2001
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Article assesses role and performance of White House Press Sec Ari Fleischer, whose job has become increasingly difficult as administration comes under growing scrutiny for its handling of anthrax threat and war in Afghanistan; his smooth and studied replies to reporters' questions can appear unctuous; Fleischer admits White House has tailored press office to control information and contain leaks; photo (M)
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Rome Journal; Provocateur Is Back to 'Spit on' Detractors of U.S.
Date: 30 October 2001
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Oriana Fallaci, provocative Italian newspaper correspondent of 1970's, breaks self-imposed silence of past decade with controversial essay that heaps scorn on fellow Italians for reportedly celebrating September 11 terrorist attacks against US; has caused soul-searching among Italy's intelligentsia and in media; photos (M)
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HOSPITAL WORKER'S ILLNESS SUGGESTS WIDENING THREAT; SECURITY TIGHTENS OVER U.S.
Date: 31 October 2001
By Jennifer Steinhauer
Jennifer Steinhauer
New York City and public health officials give antibiotics to hundreds of Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital workers and seek to track down thousands of hospital patients and visitors as investigators search for mysterious source of infection that left hospital worker Kathy T Nguyen critically ill with inhalation anthrax; health officials find no direct link to any tainted mail, although supply room in which she worked also until recently housed mailroom; case fuels concern that infection's path has moved beyond media companies, government offices and mail routes, to ordinary citizens; officials alert city hospitals to watch for odd cases involving infections; shut down hospital where she worked; begin to retrace her steps; test her Bronx apartment for spores; Tom Ridge, homeland security director, says traces of anthrax have been found at mailroom of Agriculture Department unit, Washington, DC; State Department says anthrax spores are 'probably all over' its building; Postal Service reports finding anthrax spores at postal station in northwestern Washington and in Dulles Station, Va; photos (M)
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