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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002John Thaw, English actor and producer (born 1942)[†]
John Edward Thaw was an English actor in television, stage and cinema, best known for his television roles starring as Detective Inspector Jack Regan in The Sweeney (1975—78) and as Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse in Inspector Morse (1987—2000).
Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila reintroduces afternoon trading for frist time since 1970's; foreign funds are returning to Philippines and stock trading levels have more than doubled; graph; photo (M)
Hyundai Heavy Industries, world's largest shipbuilder, is completing its separation from Hyundai group in March by renouncing ownership of significant portion of its shares in Hyundai Asan, who operates tours to North Korea; Hyundai Heavy Industries, which owns 24.84 percent of Hyundai Asan, will reduce its equity stake to 14.95 percent by returning rest to company (S)
Apolo Anton Ohno of United States wins gold medal in 1,500-meter short-track speed skating event, after apparent winner Kim Dong Sung of South Korea is disqualified; Li Jiajun of China wins silver and bronze goes to Canada's Marc Gagnon; photo (M)
Global Crossing chairman Gary Winnick and board member Steven J Green were arranging complex side deal with Singapore investment firm KI Ventures that has ties to Asian alliance now trying to buy Global Crossing out of bankruptcy even as Global Crossing was heading toward financial collapse last fall; deal was not disclosed to creditors or shareholders in January when $750 million joint offer for Global Crossing's assets was made by Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Hutchison Whampoa; Singapore Technologies is wholly owned by same government-owned company, Temasek Holdings, that effectively controls Singapore firm in which Winnick and Green invested; Winnick and Green confirm details of Singapore deal, in which they acquired 13.4 percent stake in KI Ventures for about $25 million; say there was nothing inappropriate handling of transaction; chart; photo (M)
James Dyson, British inventor of bagless vacuum cleaner, announced this month that he plans to close assembly line in Malmesbury, Eng, and shift production of all his vacuum cleaners to much cheaper Asia; move will eliminate 800 of 1,800 jobs at his six-year-old plant, saving payroll and other costs as Dyson prepares to introduce his products into US market this summer; Dyson says move is matter of survival; map; photo (M)
US Bankruptcy Court filings show Royal Insurance Co of America and St Paul Mercury Insurance Co are balking at honoring policies they wrote covering Enron Corp's directors and officers against cost of lawsuits, saying there were misled by Enron; lawyers expect that if Royal and St Paul are successful in walking away from their policies, nine other insurers that wrote officers' and directors' coverage for Enron will follow their lead; that could leave Enron and officials themselves subject to covering shareholder claims and legal fees; company has reported $350 million in directors' and officers' coverage; lawyers for Enron investors and lawyers for Arthur Andersen held preliminary settlement talks last week; lawyer involved in litigation says Andersen proposed paying investors minimum of $267 million, amount reflecting firm's insurance coverage, less its legal costs (M)
Howard Zieff still remembers how he found the people to photograph in 1967 for his most famous advertisement, which had the tag line, ''You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's.'' ''We wanted normal-looking people, not blond, perfectly proportioned models,'' Mr. Zieff recalled. The advertisements, for Levy's rye bread, featured an American Indian, a Chinese man and a black child.
Information about crimes and terrorist acts is increasingly reaching authorities through online sites; anonymous message sent to Enron Tip Line in December raised specter of shredding of documents in Enron case before Arthur Andersen disclosed it in January; problem is that vast amounts of information provided by tipsters and whistle-blowers do not necessarily translate into vast quantities of valuable leads; Web sites cannot match telephone interviews, in which trained investigator can ask questions about tips and tipsters; photo (M)
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Outlook for semifinal hockey game between United States and Russia discussed; quarterfinal elimination round results: Belarus defeats Sweden, 4-3; Russia defeats Czech Republic, 1-0; United States defeats Germany, 5-0; Canada defeats Finland, 2-1; photos (M)
Analysis of Federal appeals court decision that could lead to reduction, or end, of limits on ownership of television stations; says this is latest positive turn for network television, industry that has had seven-year streak of improving regulatory conditions; says heavy lobbying and easing of fears about network monopolies have chipped away at generation of regulations imposed as far back as 1940's; recalls that only decade ago networks were being compared to dinosaur (M)
Major retrospective of photography of Ansel Adams is set to open at Art Institute of Chicago; works by Alfred Stieglitz will go on view at Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY; photo (S)