Moscow Frees Media Leader Whose Arrest Drew Protests
Date: 17 June 2000
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Russian media magnate Vladimir A Gusinsky is released from Moscow jail, four days after arrest that raised concern about press freedom under new Putin regime; photo (M)
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Help Wanted: Journalism Icon
Date: 18 June 2000
By Julie Dunn
Julie Dunn
United Press International posts Helen Thomas's former job, senior White House correspondent, on George Giokas's Staffwriters.com Web site for journalism jobs; Thomas left UPI the day after it was sold to company founded by Rev Sun Myung Moon; photo (M)
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The World; If You Want Opposition, Just Crush an Opponent
Date: 18 June 2000
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Russian Pres Vladimir Putin may have succeeded in stirring up some real political opposition with arrest of media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky; politicians, journalists and Gusinsky's fellow 'oligarchs' condemned arrest; photo (M)
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Pope's Assailant, in Turkish Court, Denies Killing Editor in 1979
Date: 17 June 2000
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Mehmet Ali Agca, who spent 19 years in Italian prison for shooting Pope John Paul II, returns to Turkey and denies in court that he killed Turkish newspaper editor, Abdi Ipekci, in 1979; he escaped after 1979 arrest and was tried in absentia and sentenced to death (S)
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Lone Voice No Longer, a Japanese Gadfly Catches On
Date: 18 June 2000
By Howard W. French
Howard French
Zensaku Sakurai, sidewalk crusader who berates Japan's leaders for what he calls their arrogance and corruption, is attracting more listeners in country where direct criticism of others strikes uncomfortable chord; Sakurai's movement is most successful of several grass-roots movements that are catching fire; members of governing party and its coalition partners, already on defensive as hotly contested national elections draw near, call such movements undemocratic and appeal to national media not to report about them; Sakurai has long railed against government; how his movement has gained steam, finally, is illustration of unpredictable nature of political cross-fertilization brought about by technology, particularly Internet (M)
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RAMBUS SHARES UP 47% ON LICENSING AGREEMENT
Date: 17 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rambus Inc shares jump 47 percent after Toshiba Corp agrees to pay Rambus royalties for broader range of computer-memory designs (S)
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INTERNATIONAL ALUMINUM HAS REJECTED A BUYOUT OFFER
Date: 17 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Aluminum Corp, maker om
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For Fed Rate Increases, A Pause That's Expected
Date: 18 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bond dealers who last month expected Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again in June no longer expect rate increase this month; turnaround hinges on employment and retail-sales reports that suggest Fed's six interest-rate increases in last year may be slowing economic growth; many still expect rate increase in August; graph (M)
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OFFER FOR CEMENT COMPANY
Date: 17 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swiss cement maker Holderbank Financiere Glarus joins wB
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 18 June 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-11 Korean Accord Stirs Missile Defense Debate The summit meeting between the Korean leaders has left the Clinton administration divided over North Korea's intentions, but has not diminished its resolve to go ahead with a missile defense, officials say. 1
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