August 31, 2001

Lexus SC 430, chief object of automotive desire this summer, will likely have only limited time in sun as fickle consumers turn eyes to ever-newer designs; models cooling off now include New Beetle and hulking Ford Excursion; photos; graph of ups-and-downs (M)

Chief prosecutor of United Nations tribunal in Hague, Carla Del Ponte, says she will expand charges against Slobodan Milosevic to include genocide in massacres in Bosnia and accusations of war crimes in Croatia; says there will be one trial for three wars; tens of thousands of people were killed by Serbian forces in Bosnian war of 1992-95 as wide swaths of country were 'cleansed' of Muslim population; although pattern of killing in Croatia, Bosnia and into Kosovo was largely same, Milosevic has denied any culpability; by including genocide charge in new indictments, Del Ponte will dramatically extend scope of former president's trial; Milosevic appears in court for second time, sniping at judges and calling them tools of Western governments, and complaining about being isolated from press; photo (M)

Article discusses gentrification of Fort Greene section of Brooklyn; in this predominantly black middle-class neighborhood, some residents fear displacement as rents rise and hip new restaurants open; others, who bought their houses cheap decades ago, are reaping benefit from boom; photo (M)

Irish government appoints Tom Mulcahy chairman of state-owned Aer Lingus, replacing Bernie Cahill, who died Aug 17 in boating accident; airline reports loss of 38 million euros ($35 million) for first half of year, on revenue of 534 million euros ($486 million); phhoto (S)

Suffolk County legislator Michael D'Andre apologizes for remark at public hearing--that if his town were 'attacked' by influx of Hispanic day laborers, 'we'll all be out with baseball bats'; immigrant advocates and elected officials call for resignation; remark was made during hearing on proposed bill to penalize contractors who hire undocumented workers; in his apology, D'Andre says he does not condone violence of any sort; photos (M)