U.S. Church and Vatican Differ on Disclosure
Date: 21 April 2002
By Daniel J. Wakin
Daniel Wakin
United States bishops' conference is setting up public relations shop to put public face on next week's meeting of US cardinals in Rome, while Vatican is releasing little information; differing public relations approaches reflect basic differences in how American church and Vatican operate; as American television crews and reporters pour into Rome for meeting, conditions are arising for culture clash; photo (M)
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MediaTalk; Toobin Moving to CNN as Legal Analyst
Date: 22 April 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Jeffrey Toobin will leave as ABC legal affairs correspondent to join CNN as in-house legal expert; photo (S)
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Many Critical Of Hierarchy, But Few Say Faith Is Shaken
Date: 21 April 2002
By Janet Elder
Janet Elder
CBS News Poll finds majority of American Catholics are highly critical of Pope John Paul II and Roman Catholic Church hierarchy for way they have handled accusations of sexual abuse by priests; finds they want some leaders to resign and changes in church law to allow priests to marry and greater involvement of laity; but recent scandals have caused no notable questioning of basic tenets of faith; majority of Catholics say they would still seek their priests's guidance in personal matters and would be comforted if their children did so; findings of CBS News Poll are in line with those of other polls in last few weeks (M)
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Changing the Channel
Date: 21 April 2002
By Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column explains why he and former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton have decided that Golf Channel is perfect antidote to depressing chaos of Middle East news (M)
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Democrats vs. Israel
Date: 22 April 2002
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column says most Democratic Party leaders and liberal media voices have distanced themselves from Israel in midst of its defense against Yasir Arafat's war; says Al Gore, titular leader of party, did not even mention Israel in recent speech in Florida; says liberal pundits have transmogrified Arab aggressor into victim; notes that eight out of ten American voters who are Jewish vote for candidates of Democratic Party that now only tepidly supports government overwhelmingly chosen by Israelis; says maybe these voters should think about voting Republican in future (M)
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Milbury Is Waiting For Calls
Date: 22 April 2002
By Jim Cerny
Jim Cerny
New York Islanders general manager Mike Milbury holds video session for press to implore officials at remaining Eastern Conference playoff series games against Toronto Maple Leafs to call penalties when they occur (M)
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Battle Over Media Controls Creates a Rift in Poland
Date: 21 April 2002
By Ian Fisher
Ian Fisher
Adam Michnik, Poland's most famous editor and former dissident, objects to efforts of nation's socialist government to push law that places ownership restrictions on private media; most contentious provisions of law would affect Michnik's successful and outspoken newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, and its prospering parent company, Agora; Michnik sees law as direct assault on him for not being friendlier to government; his allies, including every other major media outlet in country, say law would reduce power of critical private press while strengthening public media controlled by government; government officials claim bill is aimed at monopolies; say Michnik's anger is really about money; photo (M)
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U.S. Asks Compaq To Save Documents
Date: 22 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission asks Compaq Computer Corp to save all documents related to its pending acquisition by Hewlett-Packard (S)
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A Widow's Compassion
Date: 21 April 2002
Amina Rafiq letter says Mariane Pearl (April 19 Op-Ed) is right to say that there is silent majority in Pakistan that must speak out against terrorists like those who killed her husband, journalist Daniel Pearl (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 21 April 2002
INTERNATIONAL3-13 First Senior U.S. Official Visits Jenin Refugee Camp A senior American official, William J. Burns, visited the devastated Jenin refugee camp and described what he saw as a ''terrible human tragedy.'' He did not criticize Israel, but he also made no reference to Israel's argument that the destruction in Jenin was the result of a fierce battle in which 23 Israeli soldiers were killed. 12 4 Generals Die in Venezuela Four Venezuelan generals, including the newly appointed commander of the air force, died when the military helicopter they were traveling in crashed in fog-shrouded mountains just north of Caracas, military officials said. 11
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