กำลังเล่นซ้ำ วันศุกร์ที่ 31 ธันวาคม ค.ศ. 2004

Cut on Fish Tank, Man Bleeds to Death

Date: 01 January 2005

Antonio Perez bleeds to death in his Manhattan apartment after he knocks over fish tank and cuts his arm on broken glass (S)

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A Time to Mourn

Date: 01 January 2005

By DAVID BROOKS

David BROOKS

David Brooks Op-Ed column contends that world's generosity in wake of tsunami has been amazing, but it is wrong to turn event into good-news story about us, who gave, rather than about them, whose lives were ruined (M)

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Public Hospitals Rate Higher Than Private, the Mayor Says

Date: 01 January 2005

By MIKE McINTIRE

Mike McINTIRE

Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, speaking at interfaith prayer breakfast at New York Public Library, praises city's public hospitals; asserts that quality of care they provide is so good that poor New Yorkers receive better medical service than wealthy patients at private hospitals (M)

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Is Norway's Oil Pool Deep Enough?; Aging Baby Boomers Loom Over a Fund Financed by Petroleum

Date: 01 January 2005

By ALAN COWELL

Alan COWELL

Norway has turned income from 3.3 million barrels a day of offshore oil production into government-owned investment fund that recently topped $165 billion; it is one of world's richest funds; Finance Min Per-Kristian Foss says Petroleum Fund will be renamed Pension Fund in 2006; says it should be more of cash reserve for future than source of immediate income; Norway's central bank, which administers fund, says it will be able to meet no more than one-quarter of Norway's pension obligations; says rest must come from taxpayers; photos (M)

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Disaster Relief: Is America Doing Enough?

Date: 01 January 2005

Rabbi Henry A Sosland letter suggests that flags should be flown at half staff in US as symbol of mourning for tsunami victims

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Arts, Briefly

Date: 01 January 2005

Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder

Lawrence Gelder

Arts, Briefly column; Sarajevo will honor late American critic and novelist Susan Sontag by naming street in her memory and placing plaque in one of its theaters (S)

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World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Guard Shot To Death Outside British Envoy's Home

Date: 01 January 2005

By Anthee Carassava (NYT)

Anthee NYT

Greek police officer, who was guarding home of British envoy Col Mark Blatherwick in Kifissia, is shot and killed; Blatherwick's predecessor Brig Stephen Saunders was killed four years ago while driving to work (S)

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World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Steel Unit Buys Assets From Parent

Date: 01 January 2005

Angang New Steel Co, Hong Kong-traded arm of China's second-largest steel maker, agrees to buy assets from its parent for 18 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) as country's demand for metal rises; unit will sell as much as 8.3 billion yuan in stock to help pay for production assets at government-owned Anshan Iron and Steel Group (S)

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In Florida, a Town Seeks a Smile From Mother Nature

Date: 01 January 2005

By ABBY GOODNOUGH

Abby GOODNOUGH

Deltona suffered through three of Florida's four hurricanes in 2004; one week before first storm, six teenagers and young adults were bludgeoned to death with baseball bats in crime that investigators say was provoked by disappearance of video game system; four men have been charged in murders; sinkhole began opening along busy thoroughfare on Dec 13; it was 225 feet wide and 50 feet deep, and took 1,282 truckloads of sand to fill on Dec 29; photos (M)

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Political Tones To Problems Of TV Maker In China

Date: 01 January 2005

By CHRIS BUCKLEY

Chris BUCKLEY

Tale of Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliance, China's biggest exporter of televisions to US, seems to take new turn with abrupt dismissal of Huang Zuejui, former executive of company, as Communist Party boss of Mianyang; Huang's removal follows news that company would probably report huge losses for year, mostly from nearly half-billion dollars in unpaid debts it had racked up with American distribution company, Apex Digital; Apex president David Ji, American citizen, is arrested by Mianyang police and charged with financial fraud; photos (M)

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