كان ٢٨ يناير ٢٠٠٦ السبت تحت علامة النجمة ♒. كان هذا هو يوم 27 من السنة. كان رئيس الولايات المتحدة George W. Bush.
إذا كنت قد ولدت في هذا اليوم ، فأنت تبلغ٪ s سنة. كان عيد ميلادك الأخير في 20 ، الأربعاء، ٢٨ يناير ٢٠٢٦ يوم مضى. عيد ميلادك القادم في 136 ، بعد الخميس، ٢٨ يناير ٢٠٢٧ يوم. لقد عشت لمدة 228 يوم ، أو حوالي ٧٬٤٤١ ساعة ، أو حوالي ١٧٨٬٥٨٤ دقيقة ، أو حوالي ١٠٬٧١٥٬٠٨٣ ثانية.
Date: 29 January 2006
By Byron Calame
Byron Calame
All the News That Fits the Allocated Space**Excerpts from public editor Byron Calame's discussion with New York Times managing editor John Geddes on paper's allocation of news space (M)
Date: 29 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Roger Federer, the world's top-ranked player, is trying to spiff up his image and get a bigger piece of international sports sponsorships.
Date: 28 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
A jury in Corpus Christi ordered the Ford Motor Company and its Mazda Motor Corporation affiliate to pay $30 million to a woman partly paralyzed in a sport utility vehicle rollover. Ford attributed the accident to driver error. A spokeswoman, Kathleen Vokes, said the company would appeal. The woman, Rose Marie Munoz, was in the back seat of a Mazda Navaho built, her lawyer said, on the Ford Explorer design by Ford with the Mazda brand added for sale, in April 2002 when the tread separated from a rear tire and the driver lost control of the vehicle. The separation set off vibrations that made the vehicle skate sideways because of a defect in the S.U.V.'s suspension, jurors were told.
Date: 28 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
America Online won a $5.6 million award against a Minnesota man who sent billions of spam e-mails over the service in 2003 and whose case helped lead to legislation to control spam. The Minnesota man, Christopher William Smith, 25, was ordered to pay $5.3 million, or $25,000 for every day he sent out spam e-mails, plus $287,059 for America Online's legal fees.
Date: 29 January 2006
INTERNATIONAL 3-12 Hamas Leader Pledges Realism The exiled political head of the radical Islamic group Hamas said in Damascus, Syria, that the group would adopt ''a very realistic approach'' toward governing the Palestinian Authority and would work with the Fatah president, Mahmoud Abbas, on an acceptable political program. 1 While some Israelis are angry at Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections last week, they look with some satisfaction at how starkly the results put into plain view Hamas's stand for the destruction of Israel. 6 Gunmen, activists and police officers affiliated with the defeated Fatah movement staged angry protests, firing into the air outside the Palestinian presidential compound in Ramallah and marching on the Parliament buildings in Gaza and the West Bank in a renewed display of mounting political tensions. 6 Behind Haiti's Crisis Interviews and a review of government documents show that a democracy-building group close to the White House undercut the official United States policy in Haiti and the ambassador assigned to carry it out, contributing to Haiti's unrest and political crisis. 1 Collapse Kills Dozens in Poland A roof collapsed at an exhibition hall in Poland packed with hundreds of people, killing dozens, and officials said many more were trapped under the rubble in freezing conditions. As temperatures dropped to minus 5 degrees overnight, rescuers used floodlights to search for survivors. 4 More Video of 4 Iraq Hostages Four Western peace advocates abducted in November were shown in a videotape broadcast, and their captors renewed their threat to kill the hostages if all Iraqi prisoners were not set free. The video showed the four men looking gaunt and standing against a white wall. 8 NATIONAL 14-22 Claims of Censoring at NASA The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming. The deputy assistant administrator for public affairs at the space agency said there was no such effort. 1 Trove of Letters Tell Story Mary Leslie Wolff is negotiating to donate her family's collection of personal correspondences, at least 75,000 documents dating to more than 200 years ago, to a historical society. The collection is one of the largest private family troves that has turned up in recent years, genealogy experts say. 1 A Changing Nashville Lawyers for the Brass Stables, the last strip club in the Nashville's historic entertainment district, say the club cannot comply with new city regulations, and may be forced to close. This is a source of both dismay and relief in Nashville, where a downtown renaissance is creating a new urban neighborhood around the alley. 14 Gains for Wealthiest New government data indicate that the concentration of corporate wealth among the highest-income Americans grew significantly in 2003, as a trend that began in 1991 accelerated in the first year that President Bush and Congress cut taxes on capital. 22 OBITUARIES 31-32 NEW YORK/REGION 25-30 Police Officer Shot An off-duty police officer in street clothes who drew his gun after being assaulted by a group of men was shot outside a restaurant in the Bronx by an officer who may have mistaken him for a criminal, the police said. 25 An Archive of the Giuliani Years The written record of life inside Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's office in the weeks after Sept. 11 is emerging for the first time from city archives. The documents provide a fresh perspective on the city's struggle to get back on its feet. 25 Child Welfare Office's Woes A recent disciplinary hearing for one supervisor with New York City's Administration for Children's Services revealed employees distracted from their jobs by a workplace filled with name-calling and vendettas. 27 Neediest Cases 30 Chess 29 Weather 33
Date: 28 January 2006
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Victorious Hamas Inherits Deficits, Threats and Anger Hamas leaders, savoring their landslide victory in Palestinian elections, faced an array of threats, including a huge government deficit, a likely cutoff of most aid and the rage of defeated and armed Fatah militants. A1 A Hamas leader said the group would not recognize Israel's right to exist or change its call for Israel's destruction. Fatah and Hamas militants also clashed. A9 While many Palestinians see the vote as a triumph of resistance and support for Hamas's vow to destroy Israel, there is a larger hope that Hamas might deliver change. A1 Iran Faults Russian Proposal Iran's chief nuclear negotiator cast doubts on a Russian proposal to end the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, but said that Iran was willing to continue discussions. A5 Georgia Strikes Gas Deal Georgia's government said it had made a deal with Iran to purchase natural gas, potentially easing shortages that have created a crisis. A6 Tape Shows Iraq Kidnap Victims Two German engineers who were abducted in Iraq this week appeared in a videotape shown on Al Jazeera satellite television, pleading with the German government to intervene on their behalf. A8 Darfur Plan Said to Be Failing The strategy for ending the carnage in Darfur, Sudan, devised by the United States, the United Nations and the European Union, is collapsing as the violence in the region increases, United Nations and American officials say. A3 Zimbabwe Warns Journalists Zimbabwe's security minister was quoted in a newspaper as saying that ''the net'' would close on journalists whose criticism of the government threatens the nation's security. A7 NATIONAL A10-14, 18 Scholars Remain SkepticalOn Domestic Spy Program President Bush, defending the domestic spying program, declared that ''there's no doubt in my mind it is legal.'' But many legal scholars say they remain skeptical about the program's legality. A1 Group to Debate Spying Ethics A group of current and former intelligence officers are meeting to consider the contradictions in the term ethical spy, in light of recent controversies over interrogation techniques and the alleged skewing of prewar intelligence on Iraq. A1 Storm Response Explanation The White House was beset by the ''fog of war'' in the critical days immediately after Hurricane Katrina, leaving it and much of the federal government unable to properly respond to the unfolding catastrophe, House staff investigators said. A10 New Runway Rules for Pilots Giving a strong indication of why a Southwest Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway in Chicago on Dec. 8, plowed through a fence and killed a boy in a passing car, the National Transportation Safety Board said that pilots should never assume the successful use of mechanisms that slow a plane after touchdown. A12 Public Schools Fare Well in Test A large-scale government-financed study has concluded that in math, students in regular public schools do as well as or better than students in private schools. A12 SCIENCE/HEALTH Inhaled Insulin Is Approved An inhaled form of insulin won federal approval, offering the first alternative to injections for millions of people with diabetes since the drug was introduced in the 1920's. A1 NEW YORK/REGION B1-5 Federal Judge Strikes Down Judicial Selection Process A federal judge struck down the system that has given state political party leaders a stranglehold over how top trial judges across New York State have been selected for decades, ruling that the system was unconstitutional, and ordered it to be halted immediately. A1 Arson as Shoplifting Ruse A woman who the police said set fires in stores in order to make off with bags of shoplifted clothing was arrested after returning to one of the Harlem stores she was accused of vandalizing last April. B1 2 Life Terms for 90's Killer A New Jersey Superior Court judge sentenced Richard Rogers Jr., a Staten Island nurse, who was convicted last November for the murders of two gay men in the 1990's, to two consecutive life terms in prison. B3 Beliefs B5 Neediest Cases B5 ARTS B7-18 OBITUARIES A15 SPORTSSATURDAY D1-7 Kwan Will Have a Shot at Gold Michelle Kwan, the face of American skating for a decade despite always coming up short in the Olympics, performed for the United States Figure Skating officials and was so convincing that they decided that she was fit to compete in a third Games. Kwan had been named to the Olympic team despite pulling out of the national championships with a groin injury, but she was required to show skating officials that she would be ready to compete. A1 BUSINESS DAY C1-13 Economy's Outlook Clouded Economic growth weakened unexpectedly in the fourth quarter of 2005, rising by 1.1 percent, the slowest pace in three years, the government reported. C1 Steel Giant Seeks to Grow The biggest steel company in the world, Mittal Steel, shocked the industry with its unsolicited $22.8 billion bid for the world's second biggest steel company, Arcelor. C1 Inquiry of Guidant Widens Federal prosecutors have expanded their investigation into the Guidant Corporation, the maker of medical products, by issuing a subpoena seeking records disclosed in a Texas lawsuit that indicate the company knew that some heart devices could catastrophically fail. C1 Business Digest C2 EDITORIAL A16-17 Editorials: Straight talk needed on Pakistan; gas royalties under a cloud; scrambling for reformer's credentials; drifting far off course. Columns: Maureen Dowd, John Tierney. Bridge B15 Crossword B16 TV Listings B17 Weather B17
Date: 29 January 2006
By Steven R. Weisman
Steven Weisman
Date: 29 January 2006
By Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Jacques Steinberg
Richard Oppel
A roadside bomb struck the vehicle carrying Bob Woodruff, the new co-anchor of the ABC evening news, and a cameraman.
Date: 28 January 2006
By Michael Wines
Michael Wines
Zimbabwe's security minister was quoted Friday in a government-controlled newspaper as saying that ''the net will soon close'' on those remaining journalists whose criticism of the government threatens the nation's security. The warning from the official, Didymus Mutasa, followed the arrest this month of employees and directors of Voice of the People, a news organization based in the capital, Harare, that had broadcast uncensored reports into Zimbabwe via a shortwave transmitter in Madagascar operated by the Dutch government.
Date: 29 January 2006
By Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel Op-Ed column contends that television news is in decline and in distress; notes that news programs are designed to attract 18-to-34-year-old viewers; holds that there are too many important things happening in world to allow coverage to be determined by popular tastes of relatively narrow and apparently uninterested demographic; says reaching across entire spectrum of American television viewers is broadcast networks' greatest strength; maintains that by focusing only on key demographics, they have surrendered their greatest advantage; drawing (M)