Why News Boxes Are News Themselves
Date: 11 January 2004
To the Editor:.
11 січня 2004 р. був неділя під знаком зірки ♑. Це був 10 день року. Президентом Сполучених Штатів був George W. Bush.
Якщо ви народилися в цей день, вам 22 років. Ваш останній день народження був неділя, 11 січня 2026 р., 147 днів тому. Ваш наступний день народження понеділок, 11 січня 2027 р. через 217 днів. Ви прожили 8 183 днів, або приблизно 196 407 годин, або приблизно 11 784 444 хвилин, або приблизно 707 066 640 секунд.
Date: 12 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mesaba Airlines, which provides commuter flights for Northwest Airlines, and its pilots union have agreed on a new contract after 24 hours of talks.
Date: 11 January 2004
Ian Alterman letter on January 4 article holds all news racks should be banned from New York City sidewalks
Date: 11 January 2004
East Side News Rack Safety Committee co-chairwoman Liberty T Rees letter on January 4 article holds news rack owners could avoid fines by make conscientious effort to comply with New York City law
Date: 11 January 2004
Municipal Art Society special projects director Vanessa Gruen letter disputes January 4 article on publishers' opposition to enforcement of new New York City law regulating sidewalk news racks
Date: 11 January 2004
Meryl Brodsky letter on January 4 article holds news boxes add color, character and public benefit to streets of New York; photo
Date: 12 January 2004
INTERNATIONAL A2-10 Shiite Cleric in Iraq Presses for Direct Vote The most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq said members of an interim assembly must be chosen through direct elections, putting at risk plans to transfer sovereignty by July 1. He added that an interim constitution and any plan for American-led forces to remain in Iraq must be approved by elected officials. A1 Political Power Struggle in Iran A hard-line Islamic religious authority disqualified nearly half the 8,200 candidates in parliamentary elections, provoking outrage among reformers, who accused their conservative rivals of trying to steal the vote. There was no public explanation by the council for the decisions. A3
Date: 11 January 2004
INTERNATIONAL 3-12 Americans Give Report From North Korea Visit An unofficial American delegation to North Korea was shown bomb fuel at the country's main nuclear site, officials familiar with the visit said. North Korea declared that it had shown them a ''nuclear deterrent.'' 6 2 Iraqi Policemen Killed American soldiers killed two Iraqi police officers and detained a third man in a gun battle in the volatile northern city of Kirkuk. The soldiers did not realize they were firing on policemen. It was the second time in three weeks that American soldiers have killed Iraqi officers in the area. 10
Date: 11 January 2004
With a half year to go before they hand power to an Iraqi transitional government, American officials confronted restlessness on political and military fronts. The demands of the two main Kurdish parties for autonomous powers in the northern Kurdish region suddenly emerged as the top issue facing American officials. L. Paul Bremer III, the senior American administrator in Iraq, tried to persuade Kurdish leaders to compromise on their demands for continued autonomy, which they have enjoyed since a
Date: 12 January 2004
By Christine Hauser
Christine Hauser
The journalists had been sentenced to six months in prison in Pakistan for violating visa restrictions by traveling to an area near the border with Afghanistan without permission.