Повторно възпроизвеждане на неделя, 16 март 1997 г.

In Its Reward in Cosby Case, Tabloid Tapped a Tradition

Date: 16 March 1997

By Iver Peterson

Iver Peterson

Press critics generally disapprove when news media offer ewards for capture of criminals, because it smacks of self-promotion; public seems to base its opinion on what it perceives to be motivation behind reward offer; $100,000 reward offered by The National Enquirer that helped bring arrest in killing of Bill Cosby's son, Ennis Cosby, brought favorable attention to Enquirer; not so the $50,000 reward offered by The Globe for information leading to conviction of killer of Jon-Benet Ramsey in Colorado; that is because Globe had earlier printed pictures of Ramsey crime scene, and subsequent offer of reward struck many as an act of contrition (M)

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Russian Media, Free of One Master, Greet Another

Date: 16 March 1997

By Michael R. Gordon

Michael Gordon

Many of Russia's news media have wrenched themselves free from Government control since collapse of Soviet Union, but lines between information and business are becoming increasingly blurred; country's largest television stations and newspapers are owned by energy companies, large banks and entrepreneurs; concentration of power in hands of relative few--along with linking of big money, big media and government power--has raised searching questions about Russia's young democracy; photos (M)

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Many journalists overseas face danger and death each day as they try to do their jobs.

Date: 17 March 1997

By Iver Peterson

Iver Peterson

Committee to Protect Journalists annual report documents how reporters are being harassed, arrested, imprisoned and killed abroad; shows Algeria has become most dangerous place for journalists, with seven killed there in 1996 (M)

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Communicators Cited for Work

Date: 16 March 1997

By Lynne Ames

Lynne Ames

Assn of Women in Communication, Westchester Chapter, announces winners of its Clarion awards; Kate Stone Lombardi, regular contributor to Westchester Weekly of The New York Times, wins two gold awards and one silver for her articles (M)

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Milwaukee Bank in Bid to Acquire Rival

Date: 17 March 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Marshall & Ilsley Corp to buy Security Capital Corp for $945 million in cash and stock (S)

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Canada to Appeal Banning of Tax On Foreign-Owned Magazine Ads

Date: 17 March 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Canadian Trade Minister, Art Eggleton, says he will appeal World Trade Organization ruling outlawing 80 percent tax on American magazines that substitute Canadian for United States advertisements in Canadian editions (S)

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Japan's Trade Gap Grows, Breaking Trend

Date: 17 March 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Japan's merchandise trade surplus rises 6.5 percent in Feb, first gain in 27 months, to 686.72 billion yen (about $5.56 billion); trade surplus with United States rises 12.3 percent, to 407.35 billion yen (S)

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 March 1997

INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Zairians Celebrate Capture Of City by Rebel Forces Thousands of Zairians in Kisangani wore white headbands in a show of solidarity with the rebel soldiers who won control of the river town. It was the first time in weeks that Kisangani's beleaguered residents could walk the streets freely. In Kinshasa, the Zairian capital, a rumor spread that President Mobutu Sese Seko had died. He had not, but the rumor seemed to signify what many Zairians believed: that the loss of Kisangani would be a death blow to Mr. Mobutu's Government. A1 King Grieves With Israelis King Hussein of Jordan visited the families of each of seven girls killed by a Jordanian soldier last week, telling them: ''Your daughter is like my daughter. Your loss is my loss.'' Wearing a red-checkered headdress with his dark suit and accompanied by two of his children, the King knelt before each of the families in their homes as they sat on the floor in the Jewish custom for mourning. A1

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 March 1997

INTERNATIONAL 3-23 Important City in Zaire Falls Quickly to Rebels The largest and last Government-held city in eastern Zaire fell to rebels forces, posing the most serious threat yet to the 31-year-rule of President Mobutu Sese Seko. The city, Kisangani, was the centerpiece of the Government's fight against the six-month-old rebellion, and its defeat raised serious questions about whether the regime can survive. Even more discouraging to the Government was the apparent switch of elite forces there to the rebel side. 1 Rabble Police Force in Albania Albanians joined a rabble police force meant to restore order in the nation's capital. Some were loyal to the unpopular President, showing that a newly formed Government exerts little control and is fraught with hostile interests. Western governments are relying on the fragile coalition to end the chaos. 12

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New Commercial Service Will Provide Real-Time S.E.C. Corporate Filings

Date: 17 March 1997

By Seth Schiesel

Seth Schiesel

Internet Financial Network plans news service that will provided brief, headlined excerpts from complex corporate filings with Securities and Exchange Commission; service uses proprietary computer program, rather than people, to sift filings (S)

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