A 2001. október 17. egy szerda volt a ♎ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 289 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke George W. Bush volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 24 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. október 17., péntek, 250 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. október 17., szombat napon lesz, 114 nap múlva. 9 016 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 216 398 órát, vagy körülbelül 12 983 909 percet vagy körülbelül 779 034 540 másodpercet.
Date: 17 October 2001
By Suzanne Kapner (NYT)
Suzanne NYT
News Corp, seeking to capitalize on increasing demand from Pakistani and Indian emigres for news in their native languages, signs deal with Telewest, Britain's second-largest cable operator, which will begin showing progamming from Asian Star News and Star Plus channels on Oct 19; channels are leading providers of news and entertainment in Central Asia (S)
Date: 17 October 2001
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
CNN asks Osama bin Laden whether he or his followers have weapons of mass destruction and whether they plan to use them; question is one of six written queries CNN has submitted at invitation of bin Laden's group, Al Qaeda; it expects he will answer in his next videotaped statement; Arab-language news network Al Jazeera is acting as intermediary between Al Qaeda and CNN (M)
Date: 17 October 2001
By Andrew Zipern (NYT COMPILED BY ALAN KRAUSS)
Andrew NYT
MSNBC inaugurates Arabic-language news Web site, www.gn4msnbc,com, produced by Good News 4 Me, media company based in Cairo that was founded by Emadeddin Adib, veteran journalist and television host (S)
Date: 18 October 2001
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Television network coverage of anthrax scare discussed; alarms shifted away from newsrooms in New York and Florida to Capitol Hill and New York Gov George Pataki's office in Manhattan, reversing roles in nation's most arresting television drama (M)
Date: 17 October 2001
By Marvin Kalb
Marvin Kalb
Marvin Kalb Op-Ed article on perennial dilemma of how much information press, and therefore public, is entitled to during wartime (S)
Date: 17 October 2001
By Ginger Thompson (NYT)
Ginger NYT
Group of Mexican newspaper editors, academics and directors of nongovernment organizations announce creation of independent journalism awards competition (S)
Date: 18 October 2001
By Terence Neilan
Terence Neilan
A woman who works in the office of Dan Rather at CBS News has tested positive for the skin form of anthrax, the company said today.
Date: 17 October 2001
By Eric Lipton
Eric Lipton
Interview with unidentified employee of ABC News, whose infant son contracted anthrax during office visit; says she is not angry, just shocked and stunned that her family is victim of apparent biological terrorism (M)
Date: 17 October 2001
By Michael Janofsky
Michael Janofsky
Anthrax scare sends health and law enforcement authorities scrambling nationwide on October 16, putting people on edge even though no new cases of exposure are detected; FBI Dir Robert S Mueller III says bureau has responded to more than 2,300 reports of suspected anthrax or other dangerous substances since scare in Boca Raton, Fla, two weeks ago; some of most recent reports of suspicious envelopes or packages discussed; photo (M)
Date: 18 October 2001
By Stephen Labaton and Robert Pear
Stephen Labaton
Growing alarm over anthrax exposes lack of coordination among federal agencies and between federal and state authorities that experts say has hampered government's health response and its law enforcement investigations; no single office or official in Washington is overseeing medical and legal responses to crisis, problem that has led in some cases to clashes between federal agencies and local authorities; lack of coordination has delayed criminal investigations and health tests, and contributed to public confusion and panic in some places; new Office of Homeland Security lacks full staff, resources or power to respond to problem (M)