Cambodian intellectuals, human rights monitors and diplomats say Hun Sen's ruling party has so intimidated electorate and so thoroughly controls election levers that no opposition group stands fair chance of dislodging him in July 26 election; say since violent coup one year ago that gave Hun Sen complete control of Government, over 100 people have been killed in campaign to consolidate ruling party's power; for all of Hun Sen's advantages, outcome of election is far from certain; some 39 parties are vying for votes, and no single party is expected to win two-thirds majority in 122-seat Parliament that is required to form Government; Parliament will then select Prime Minister, who is expected to be one of three nationally known politicians now leading field: Hun Sen, Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy; map; Hun Sen photo (M)

As Cambodia Nears Election, Leader Has Most of the Cards

Tour de France, bicycle racing's most prestigious and richest race, expels all nine members of Festina, world's top team, after its coach, Bruno Roussel, admits to supplying illegal performance-enhancing drugs to his riders; Roussel and team's doctor, Eric Ryckaert, are placed under formal investigation by French judge on charges of buying and transporting illegal drugs, which reportedly included steroids and dangerous synthetic hormone EPO; no official accusation is leveled against any of riders for team, which includes world road race champion, Laurent Brochard; photo (M)

Top Team Expelled By Tour de France Over Drug Charges

Speaking Spanish or Russian, Hebrew or Hindi, a tide of newcomers have re defined the immigrant experience. No longer is the old country forsaken; instead, these immigrants shuttle between homeland and new land. A three-part series by Celia W. Dugger and  Deborah Sontag, section 1.  

COMING ON SUNDAY: HERE AND THERE

New York Mets defeat Philadephia Phillies, 6-0; Hideo Nomo wins first game in his seventh start for Mets; photo (M)

For Seven Shining Innings, It's a Taste of '95 for Nomo

Day after Lockheed Martin Corp terminated its $8.3 billion takeover of Northrop Grumman Corp, Locheed's shares rise slightly, but Northrop's tumble, reflecting differing assessments of what the future holds for the two companies (M)

Northrop Limps As Lockheed Walks Away

 Stocks Post Modest Gains In Advance to New Records  Stocks drove farther into record territory, again bolstered by second-quarter earnings reports that were strong or better than expected. The gains, however, were modest: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.79 points, to 9,337.98; the Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 2.70, to 1,186.69, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 8.20, to 2,008.76.    Still, yesterday was the third time this week that the Dow, S.& P. and Nasdaq set records on the same day; before this week, the last time the three measures reached highs together was on April 21. For the week, the Dow rose 2.6 percent; the S.& P. 500, 1.9 percent, and the Nasdaq, 3.4 percent. [Page D4.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Shares of Broadcast.com, small three-year-old company that streams live news, radio, music and other programs over the Internet, more than triples in value in day of frenzied trading, best opening day gain of any company in Wall Street history; shares, priced at $18, soared to $74 before closing at $62.75; charts show minute-by-minute trading and compare Boradcast.com with intitial public offerings of other Internet companies (M)

Broadcast.com Soars in an Opening-Day Frenzy

Community board in West Village section of Manhattan proposes opening an emergency shelter for the young men, most of them gay and many of them homeless runaways, who have been gathering around the piers there over the last two years; 20 beds in the proposed shelter would not come close to housing the 500 or so homeless youths, but backers say shelter would offer them important services, including AIDS education, life skills training and mental health and substance abuse counseling; proposal is far from complete, and an array of questions has yet to be resolved, but there is no organized opposition to the idea so far; photo (M)

Young, Restless and Homeless on the Piers; Greenwich Village Reaches Out to Youths With Plan for Shelter and Services

Ronald and Rony DeLice, twin brothers who grew up in Haiti and Brooklyn, have developed men's apparel collection with backing from Avram Goldman, part owner of Beau Brummel store in SoHo, where brothers worked as salesclerks; Goldman, Israeli immigrant, sees his own journey reflected in the brothers' lives; photo (M)

About New York; From Haiti, With Style And Ambition

Commerce Department reports that United States trade deficit rose to $15.8 billion in May, from $14.3 billion in April, far bigger increase than economists had expected; exports declined to $76.2 billion, lowest level in 15 months, primarily because of weak demand from Asia; chart (M)

Trade Deficit Sets a Record As Exports Sag

Five Sikh investors, all doctors, bought Camp Robin Hood in Chambersburg, Pa, for about $500,000 in 1992; it is now summer camp for Sikhs, descendants of religious tradition born 500 years ago in Punjab region of northern India; parents of most campers are educated Punjabis who immigrated to US within last 30 years; Sikh parents around country, concerned that strong pull to assimilate is stealing their children's Sikh identity, are creating other summer camps like one in Chambersburg; map; photos (M)

At Camps, Young U.S. Sikhs Cling to Heritage

Ira Berkow Sports of The Times column on Lou DelValle, who will fight Roy Jones Jr for chance to become undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the world; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; A Job, A Dream, A Title Fight

New York Democrats are disturbed to learn that Geraldine A Ferraro has raised barely $2 million for her Senate race; still view her as front-runner for Democratic nomination, but are now wondering whether she can survive primary battle with Rep Charles E Schumer and Mark Green, and if she does, whether she can endure a contest against Sen Alfonse A D'Amato, who is rested and incredibly well financed; she acknowledges that her campaign is at crossroads of sorts and says she is taking steps to alter her strategy and campaign structure to deal with it (M)

Ferraro's Missteps and Lagging Finances Concern Democrats

 U.S. Exports Slump  The United States trade deficit rose to a record $15.8 billion in May because of slumping exports to Asia. The data suggested growth might have stalled this spring. Page D1.

INSIDE

In a triumph that labor leaders said showed that service sector workers and white-collar workers were ripe for unionization, about 19,000 reservations takers, gate agents and ticket sellers at United Airlines will become members of International Association of Machinists.  

Big Union Victory At United Airlines

After the Secretary of State kept sharp limits on the export of American satellites to China, a White House security aide began fighting to change that decision. Page A9.  

How Satellite Policy Shifted

American Brian Watts is in lead at British Open but Justin Rose, 17-year-old amateur from England, has best second-round score with 66; players contend with heavy rain and 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts; photos; chart (M)

Rain and Wind and Surprises: This Could Get Dicey

Several Secret Service officers begin testifying in independent counsel Kenneth W Starr's investigation into Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica S Lewinsky, after Supreme Court Chief Justice William H Rehnquist rejects 11th-hour plea by Justice Dept to shield them from questioning; Starr summons men--including six uniformed officers, one active agent and one retired agent--to appear before grand jury; at least four officers, including Larry L Cockell, head of Clinton's security detail, eventually go home without testifying and are likely to be called back (M)

CLINTON GUARDS BEGIN TESTIMONY IN STARR INQUIRY

Controversial court decision taking primary custody of her children away from attorney Alice Hector and giving it to her husband Robert Young, who was home with the children more often, is cautionary tale for mothers who try to balance parenthood with professional ambition and powerul evidence that society and the law have moved far past the presumption that any mother who is not unfit should get custody; charts of single-mother and single-father families; photos (M)

The Short End of Long Hours; A Female Lawyer's Job Puts Child Custody at Risk

Boundaries that have grown up between medicine and religion over last 200 years are being eroded as doctors and nurses, priests and rabbis acknowledge that they may have better chance to cure ills and promote health by working together, not apart; photos (M)

Breaking Down the Barriers Between Religion and Medicine

Annika Sorenstam is in lead after second day of JAL Big Apple Classic, with two-round total of nine-under-par 133, one stroke ahead of veteran Meg Mallon; photo (M)

With No Fanfare, Sorenstam Finds Familiar Spot

Russians bury Czar Nicholas II in true imperial fashion in St Petersburg cathedral; Pres Boris N Yeltsin planned ceremony in hope that it would bury old conflicts and reunite present with a past that its old Soviet rulers had suppressed and rewritten for 75 years; remains of Nicholas, most of his family and four of his servants are lowered into single white crypt in SS Peter and Paul Cathedral; it is 80 years to day since imperial family and its retinue had been shot and dumped into pit on Ural Mountains road on personal order of Lenin; whereabouts of bodies was tantamount to state secret until Soviet Union collapsed and Yeltsin ordered them exhumed in 1991; somber service lays to rest all but two of executed Romanovs, Czar's heir, Alexei, and daughter, Marie; their bodies are believed to have been burned and buried near their parents, but have not been found; map; photos (M)

LAST CZAR BURIED: TALE OF 2 RUSSIAS

Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani and police officials acknowledge that officers from Midtown South precinct frequented neighborhood brothel for free sex for as long as 15 years; Police Comr Howard Safir says 19 officers and sergeant have been confined to desk duty on administrative charges; says three precinct supervisors, including commander and executive officer, have been reassigned for 'breakdown of supervision'; Internal Affairs Bureau and Manhattan District Attorney's office are investigating possible criminal links between officers and brothel, which closed down about year ago; photo (M)

Police Used Brothel So Often, Madam Got Worried

City University and school officials in New York City warn that city's teacher shortage could worsen under state's plan to decertify teachers' colleges if fewer than 80 percent of their students pass state's three certification tests; CUNY's plans for preventing program closings include raising standards and admitting fewer students; city already has difficulty attracting teachers (M)

New Standards May Worsen New York Teacher Shortage

July 17 article about Turkish Government's plans to open 'peace park' at site of Gallipoli campaign in World War I misstated former position of Bill Hayden, Australian who spoke of bond that has grown among one-time adversaries of Gallipoli; he is former Governor General, not former Prime Minister; map with article located Gallipoli incorrectly

July 18, 1998

Headlines from July 18, 1998

As Cambodia Nears Election, Leader Has Most of the Cards

Top Team Expelled By Tour de France Over Drug Charges

COMING ON SUNDAY: HERE AND THERE

For Seven Shining Innings, It's a Taste of '95 for Nomo

Northrop Limps As Lockheed Walks Away

Billboard 200

Armageddon -- The Album

El Nino

Embrya

City Of Angels

Never S-A-Y Never

Historical Context for July 18, 1998