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Date: 04 April 2005
By Hassan M. Fattah
Hassan
Arab news cameras and reporters join throng of Western cameras focused on St Peter's Square in days before Pope John Paul II's death; their reports focus on pope's impact in Arab world, but broader point is that Arab satellite channels, in particular, are working to be more competitive in covering non-Arab issues (M)
Date: 04 April 2005
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
CBS chairman Leslie Moonves says he is surprised by speed with which CBS Evening News interim anchor Bob Schieffer and executive producer Jim Murphy have moved to address what he saw as some of show's most glaring shortcomings, interview; most notable changes are Schieffer's relaxed on-camera persona and ways in which correspondents are featured more prominently; Schieffer's ratings so far are relatively flat compared to those of Dan Rather in his last few months on air; seem to have bought Moonves some time as he weighs more radical changes; photos (M)
Date: 03 April 2005
Pope John Paul II 39-46 Pope John Paul II Dies Pope John Paul II died in his apartment above St. Peter's Square, succumbing finally to years of illness endured painfully and publicly, ending an extraordinary 26-year reign that remade the papacy. 1 Pope's Successor Unknown There is no clear front-runner for the pope's successor, many church experts agree. So the cardinals gathering to choose the new pope will be weighing a host of factors, including the candidates' country of origin, age, experience and personality. 1 An Obituary John Paul II, who reigned over the longest and most luminous pontificate of the 20th century, the second longest in the history of the church, and the growth of the Roman Catholic Church to more than a billion baptized members from 750 million, was 84. 39 INTERNATIONAL 3-18 20 Wounded in Prison Attack Scores of insurgents made the biggest assault yet on the American-controlled Abu Ghraib prison using suicide car bombs and an array of weapons, American military officials said. At least 20 American soldiers and marines were wounded. 11 Several leading Iraqi politicians have begun saying that flawed measures in the interim constitution are partly to blame for the failure to form a new government. 11 Palestinian Security Issues Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, accepted the resignation of his security chief on the West Bank after firing the police commander in Ramallah. Gunmen with Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades fired shots at his headquarters in reaction to a demand that they either join the regular security forces or hand over the weapons. 8 Mugabe Warns Opposition President Robert G. Mugabe warned Zimbabwe's political opposition against taking to the streets to protest its defeat in parliamentary elections this week, saying that his government ''can also raise mass action against mass action, and there would naturally be conflicts, serious conflicts,'' as a result. 6 Kyrgyzstan Leader Will Resign Kyrgyzstan's deposed president has agreed to resign without conditions, and the country's top judge said an election to replace him would be held whether he liked it or not. 6 NATIONAL 20-27 Loosening Gun Laws Across the country, efforts to expand or establish laws allowing concealed handguns have been fueled by the high-profile shootings in the last month. In Texas and Illinois, the shootings prompted new legislation to allow judges and prosecutors to be armed. 25 Debate Over a Warhead The government is readying a plan to spend more than $2 billion on a 10-year overhaul to extend the life of an aging warhead that has been the centerpiece of the nation's nuclear arsenal. In recent months it has become the subject of a fierce debate among experts inside and outside the government over its reliability. 1 SPORTSSUNDAY SP1-10 UNC, Illinois Win in Final Four The North Carolina Tar Heels defeated Michigan State, 87-71, to advance to the national championship. North Carolina's victory sets up a national title game between the Tar Heels (32-4) and Illinois (37-1). SP1 NEW YORK/REGION 29-35 Treating Apathy and AIDS Despite warnings from New York City health officials about a rare, possibly more virulent strain of H.I.V., many AIDS activists hold out little hope that the news will prompt substantial or lasting changes in the behavior of gay men. They point to the widespread apathy in which H.I.V. is seen as a nuisance, not a potential killer. 29 Chess 32 Weather 37
Date: 04 April 2005
INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Facing Challenges, Church Begins Rites for Pope Pope John Paul II was laid out inside the papal palace as the power in the Roman Catholic church began its shift to his eventual successor. The pageantry around the death of the pope began with a huge public Mass in St. Peter's Square and then the first rites of John Paul's funeral. A1 The next pope faces challenges so urgent that many church leaders and analysts worry that even a pope with the charisma and capacity of John Paul II will have to resort to a strategy of triage. A1 Italy remembered Pope John Paul II formally and officially for his role as the leader of the Catholic Church. Rome's teeming Catholic immigrant community bid an intensely personal goodbye to the man who many said had transformed their lives. A1 The power structure that governed the Roman Catholic hierarchy for the past 26 years has fallen away. At the moment of Pope John Paul II's death, an ultraconservative 78-year-old Spanish cardinal temporarily became the leading decision-maker in Catholicism. A13 Pope John Paul II, in the final hours of his life, lay serene, visitors said, in the expectation that he soon would be in heaven. Interviews with visitors to the pope's bedside and Vatican reports portray him as tranquil and comfortable in the face of death. A12 Arab news cameras and reporters joined the throng focused on St. Peter's Square. Satellite channels are working to be more competitive in covering non-Arab issues. A14 Timetable on Syrian Withdrawal A United Nations envoy said Syria's leaders had promised to pull out all of their military and intelligence forces from Lebanon by the end of the month, before the nationwide elections scheduled for the end of May. The withdrawal of Syrian forces is one of the central demands of the Lebanese opposition. A1 Kashmir Transport Threatened Bus service across divided Kashmir is about to resume, and threats from militant groups operating on the Indian side of the disputed territory have begun to sow fear among would-be passengers. Indian security forces have promised to fortify protection. A4 Assyrian New Year Sanctioned Thousands of Assyrians have converged to openly celebrate their new year in Turkey for the first time. The Assyrian New Year, like many other expressions of minority ethnic identity, had been seen by Turkey as a threat. But this year, the government, with an eye toward helping its bid to join the European Union, has officially allowed the celebration. A6 Iraqi Assembly Appointments The Iraqi national assembly appointed a speaker and two deputy speakers, taking the first step, though a largely symbolic one, toward installing a new government. The leaders of the top political parties settled on a prominent Sunni Arab and the minister of industry in the interim government as speaker. A11 NATIONAL A16-20 A New Brand of Tutoring Grows Largely Unchecked Propelled by the No Child Left Behind law, the federally financed tutoring industry has doubled in size in each of the last two years, with the potential to become a $2 billion-a-year enterprise, according to market analysts. It is virtually without regulation, causing concern among school districts, elected officials and some industry executives. A1 Giving Year for Charities Giving by foundations hit a record last year thanks to gains in asset values and a stream of gifts from philanthropists. An estimated $32.4 billion spilled out of the nation's roughly 66,000 independent, community and corporate foundations in 2004, according to estimates to be released by the Foundation Center. A16 Lobbying on Medicare Cuts Doctors are mobilizing a nationwide lobbying campaign to stave off cuts in their Medicare fees as Congress hunts for ways to rein in the soaring cost of the insurance program. Medicare will cut payments to doctors by 4 percent to 5 percent in each of the next six years, Bush administration officials say. A20 Suit Over Same-Sex Benefits Michigan has become the focus of attention with the filing of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union in which 21 same-sex couples ask the state courts to clarify whether a recent court ruling that gay and lesbian state workers should be ineligible for health benefits for their partners in future contracts means the loss of their benefits. A16 Salinas Races to Save Library Unless Salinas, California can raise $500,000, the John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez and Gabilan Libraries will be shuttered, victims of the city's $9 million budget shortfall. Residents, writers and celebrities staged a read-in over the weekend. A16 An Embattled Delicacy Restaurants have removed foie gras from their menus because of protests by animal rights advocates, who say the techniques used to produce it should be outlawed. Opponents persuaded the California Legislature last year to pass a bill that will ban foie gras in 2012 unless producers can prove the technique is humane. A17 SCIENCE/HEALTH New Guidelines for Cancer Risk The E.P.A. has issued new guidelines for determining whether a chemical causes cancer in humans. Agency officials say that they will take into account a larger array of scientific data before declaring that a substance has carcinogenic properties, a risk assessment that takes a step back from previous guidelines. A20 Shuttle Concerns Resurface As NASA races toward returning the shuttle fleet to space, some current and former employees are questioning how serious the space agency is about fixing the ''broken safety culture'' that investigators have said was a major cause of the loss of the Columbia and its crew two years ago. A19 NEW YORK/REGION B1-5 Prison Health Provider Is Blamed in Jail Suicide David Pennington, an inmate on Rikers Island who committed suicide in July 2004, was yet another casualty of the sometimes deadly mistakes made by Prison Health Services, the Tennessee company hired to provide health care at Rikers, a report by state investigators says. B1 Flooding in New Jersey Flooding in northwestern New Jersey forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes as the latest rainstorm drenched the region, closing roads and prompting acting Gov. Richard J. Codey to declare a state of emergency. The rain also washed out several roads in upstate New York. B3 City's Surfers Catch a Break A two-jetty stretch of Rockaway Beach in Queens has been officially designated as a surfers-only beach, the first in New York. B1 SPORTSMONDAY D1-9 Mets Pitcher Remains Injured Mets starting pitcher Kris Benson headed back to New York rather than to the team's next game in Cincinnati, due to a lingering pain in his right pectoral muscle. The departure marks the second time in five days Benson met with team doctors, and signals yet another flux in the Mets rotation, as well as the starting lineup. D5 ARTS E1-9 Italian Conductor Resigns After weeks of vitriolic public wrangling, the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, who had been music director of the famous opera house Teatro Alla Scala for 19 years, gave in to the demands of the house's orchestra and workers, and announced his resignation. E1 OBITUARIES B7 Guenter Reimann A Marxist economist early in his career who eventually published one of the most expensive and influential newsletters on international capitalism and monetary exchange, he was 100. B7 BUSINESS DAY C1-9 Fall of an Insurance Titan Maurice R. Greenberg, former chairman and chief executive of American International Group, clung to the model of the imperial chief executive, steadfast in his belief that the market would lose faith in the company without him, his associates say. At a time when the iron-fisted corporate leader was increasingly being viewed as a liability, this attitude helped contribute to his downfall, they say. C1 Vulnerability of College Data Recent statistics and incidents are highlighting the vulnerabilities of modern universities to data theft. In California, for example, universities and colleges accounted for about 28 percent of all security breaches in that state since 2003 -- more than any other group. C1 Schieffer Draws Praise Leslie Moonves, the chairman of CBS, says he has been impressed with recent changes in the ''CBS Evening News'' that address what he has perceived to be some of the broadcast's most glaring shortcomings. As a result, the interim anchor, Bob Schieffer, who replaced Dan Rather, may have bought himself some time. C1 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A22-23 Editorials: Guns for terrorists; Turkey's promises; ungainful employment; Lawrence Downes on foie gras. Column: Bob Herbert. Autos D10 Metro Diary B2 Bridge E2 TV Listings E9 Crossword E2 Weather B8
Date: 03 April 2005
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
After a long, sorrowful vigil, the Vatican chose to inform the news media of Pope John Paul II's death in the most efficient, if prosaic, way possible: an e-mail message sent to all the major news organizations. And after two days of somber vigil, the television coverage was just as no-nonsense. The broadcast networks interrupted regular programming with the long-expected announcement and briskly delivered assessments of the John Paul's legacy and the search for a new pope.
Date: 04 April 2005
By Jere Longman
Jere Longman
Baylor University defeats Louisiana State University, 68-57, to advance to women's NCAA tournament championship; photo (M)
Date: 03 April 2005
By Steven Kurutz
Steven Kurutz
Property owners in Riverdale are supportive of amendment to zoning regulations that restrict development in New York City's more suburban neighborhoods; legislation became permanent in February; photos (M)
Date: 03 April 2005
By Landon Thomas Jr
Landon Thomas
Revolt by eight retired Morgan Stanley executives against leadership of Philip J Purcell can be seen as death rattle of Wall Street era personified by well-born Ivy League-educated investment bankers who formed core of Morgan Stanley during its heyday in 1970's and 80's and who now regret 1997 merger with Dean Witter and believe that Purcell has desecrated Morgan Stanley name; essence of divide between plebian Dean Witter and patrician Morgan Stanley is captured by contrasting personalities of Purcell and S Parker Gilbert Jr, chairman of Morgan Stanley from 1984 to 1990 and one of leading spokesman of eight executives; photo (M)
Date: 04 April 2005
By Cate Doty
Cate Doty
Nielsen Media Research reports ratings spiked on some cable networks following several major announcements in Terri Schiavo case; ratings graphs; photo (S)
Date: 04 April 2005
By Dexter Filkins
Dexter Filkins
Human rights groups claim hundreds of Lebanese men were spirited across border by Syrian agents after Syria first sent troops into Lebanon 29 years ago; say most were suspected of fighting for Lebanese Army or one of many militias that sprang up when civil war began; apathy of both Syrian and Lebanese governments before families of disappeared has long stood as testament to how thoroughly Syrian government came to dominate Lebanon; now, with Syrian army compelled by Lebanese popular opinion and international pressure to end its military occupation, calls are rising for Lebanese leaders to demand accounting of their citizens held in Syrian jails; issue is likely to be one of first tests of Lebanese opposition, which is expected to win parliamentary elections in May; photo (M)