Stephen Kinzer Arts in America column, in light of Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, NC, on burgeoning interest in documentary films about contemporary and historic events; photo (M)

At a Festival, Documentaries as History

Greed and corruption are allowing Mexican fishing fleets to drain Gulf of California, decimating every important species and leaving impoverished local fishermen with meager catches; photos; American and Japanese ships were first to exploit waters as many governments pour subsidies into commercial fishing fleets, causing fisheries to collapse around world; Gulf of California is world's youngest sea, created when San Andreas fault split Mexico millions of years ago and let Pacific pour in; waters are home home to 875 species of fish and 30 species of marine mammal, which have been killed indiscriminately for years (M)

In Mexico, Greed Kills Fish by the Seaful

French Laundry Cookbook gave recipe in 1999 for Thomas Keller's butter-poached lobsters, and dish became ubiquitous at fine restaurants; recipes; comments from chefs; photo; drawing (M)

A Chef Invents a Lobster Dish, And Pots Start Boiling All Over

Anthony Tommasini reviews performance by pianist Martha Argerich with Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit; photo (M)

Schumann, via Argerich, Both Ferocious and Gentle

AOL Time Warner says co-chief operating officer Robert W Pittman will resume day-to-day management of company's America Online Internet service, 15 months after giving up post; move underscores sense of urgency about America Online's slowing growth; it may also end rumors that Pittman might leave AOL Time Warner when Parson's becomes chief executive next month; move makes clear that America Online unit will be Pittman's main priority; Barry Schuler, America Online's chairman and chief executive, is reassigned to lead new division that will focus on developing interactive digital services; suggests that Pittman might not retain day-to-day oversight of America Online for long term; photo (M)

Market Place; Possible Savior Returns to AOL As Its Growth Appears Weak

Sec Colin Powell says he intends to meet with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat in Ramallah on coming visit to Israel; urges all parties to stop setting conditions and move toward serious peace talks; comments in Cairo after meeting with Pres Hosni Mubarak, before flying to Madrid to talk with European officials; photos; Powell responds to Arab demands that Israel withdraw from West Bank with strongest statement yet that US is ready to move aggressively into political talks despite discouraging conditions on ground; also repeats that US is prepared to send 'small number' of civilians to help monitor cease-fire (M)

Powell Affirms That He Intends To Meet Arafat

National Australia Bank declines bid from rival, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, to buy 56 regional bank branches being closed by National Australia to cut costs (S)

World Business Briefing | Australia: Australia: Bank Declines Offer For Branches

Critics say first of pension protection measure to reach House floor since Enron collapse would actually open up fresh loopholes by leading companies to try to reduce number of workers covered by pensions and giving proportionately larger benefits to most highly paid executives; acknowledge bill would fix some problems exposed by Enron debacle, but say provision tucked into measure with support of business interests and committee chairman, Bill Thomas, would allow companies to test their plans against subjective measures and give Treasury Department authority to approve plans that do not meet very specific standards of current law; pension law experts warn change would weaken existing legal protections for workers (M)

IN ENRON'S WAKE, PENSION MEASURE OFFERS LOOPHOLES

Chicago Cubs defeat New York Mets, 2-0; photos (M)

For Mets, No Runs, Two Hits, Don't Ask

Our Towns column assesses challenges facing Nassau County Exec Thomas R Suozzi; he says he is excited about opportunities to turn things around in county that is worst managed in nation according to Syracuse University study and is mired in fiscal crisis (M)

Our Towns; Smiling And Singing Nassau's Blues

 Auditor Pleads Guilty  David B. Duncan, the former Arthur Andersen partner in charge of auditing Enron, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.   PAGE C1    Rebuilding Lower Manhattan  A panel overseeing the rebuilding of downtown adopted a blueprint that includes a memorial park and a transportation hub.   PAGE B1

INSIDE

Thailand's Prime Min Thaksin Shinawatra delays decision on whether to proceed with controversial natural gas pipeline that would cut across southern Thailand to Malaysia so he can study alternative routes; project, $500 million Trans Thai-Malaysia Pipeline, is joint venture of Thai oil company PTT and Malaysian company Petroliam Nasional (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Pipeline Decision Is Delayed

Judge Baltasar Garzon opens investigation into secret funds held offshore by senior executives at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Spain's second-largest bank, which is suspected of laundering money, illicitly financing political campaigns and falsifying accounts; asks Bank of Spain to suspend its civil inquiry into secret accounts because of 'possible penal responsibilities' facing 16 current and former executives named in inquiry; offshore accounts were apparently set up by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya under leadership of Emilio Ybarra before 1999 merger with Argentaria that created Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, and came to light when chairman of combined bank, Francisco Gonzalez, balked at signing bank's 2000 financial statements unless Ybarra, who became co-chairman after merger, informed Bank of Spain about them (M)

Spanish Judge to Study Bank's Offshore Accounts

Agreement between Daewoo Motor and worker's union will allow 13,000 workers at Daewoo to keep their jobs after General Motors Corp takes it over; calls for Daewoo to rehire 300 workers who were laid off last year; removes major stumbling block to concluding agreement between General Motors and Daewoo's creditors, led by government-owned Korea Development Bank; calls for General Motors to pay $400 million for controlling stake in new company that will emerge from deal (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Daewoo Workers To Keep Jobs

Profile of and interview with reclusive musician-songwriter Gary Wilson, whose 1977 album You Think You Really Know Me has developed cult following and is being reissued by Motel Records; Wilson, who has been playing keyboards in lounge act in San Diego, will make his first trip to New York in 23 years for performance at Joe's Pub; photos (M)

He Found a Following, And Then Lost His Way

Predictions that many New York restaurants would close in aftermath of Sept 11 terrorist attack have not come true; factors that contribute to health of restaurant business noted; some restaurants in areas of city closest to ground zero are still suffering and some have cut prices; photo (M)

Blue Skies Shining On City Restaurants

New York City Police Comr Raymond W Kelly closes Street Crime Unit; detectives will be assigned to other plainclothes anticrime teams and to understaffed neighborhood detective squads throughout city; says move does not represent rejection of aggressive police tactics, but is response to shrinking department; Unit was widely credited with declining crime in recent years, but reached notoriety after 1999 shooting of West African immigrant Amadou Diallo by four white officers; unit is subject of civil rights lawsuit and has been charged with racial profiling (M)

Police Commissioner Closing Controversial Street Crime Unit

David Duval is hoping that he will finally win Masters tournament this year, after several previous impressive attempts at winning coveted green jacket; photo (M)

Duval Shops for a Green Jacket To Add to His Golf Wardrobe

Vast gas, oil and condensate reserves in Karachaganak, Kazakhstan are crucial part of effort by government to turn energy-rich country, into major oil producer in next 10 years; Karachaganak and other fields have helped make former Soviet republic magnet for foreign investments, attracting billions of dollar and promises of more; American companies have said they are ready to invest as much as $200 billion in next 5 to 10 years; map; photo (M)

Oil Field Hopes to Become World Power

 A Post-Enron Pension Bill Is Challenged by Critics  The first of several measures promised by lawmakers to mend the holes in the pension safety net exposed by Enron's collapse is expected to reach the House floor tomorrow. But critics say the bill opens fresh loopholes.    Some of the bill's provisions would allow companies to reduce the number of employees covered by pensions and give proportionately larger benefits to the most highly paid executives, said legal experts and pension-rights advocates who studied the bill. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Enron Corp marketed management aid to other major corporations that promised to help them manage earnings and cash flow by means of innovative financing and accounting techniques that it used to dress up its own books; marketed techniques to AT&T, Eli Lilly & Co, Owens-Illinois, Lockheed Martin and Qwest Communications; at least six big companies signed complicated deals, most involving purchasing other Enron services; photo (M)

Enron Offered Management Aid To Companies

Federal prosecutors charge New York lawyer Lynne F Stewart helped client, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, direct terrorist operations from prison cell in Minnesota by helping pass messages to his Islamic Group in Egypt; blind cleric is serving life sentence for plot to blow up New York landmarks; Stewart allegedly distracted jail guards during meeting in May 2000 while Arabic translator took sheik's instructions to followers to stop abiding by cease-fire begun after 1997 attack in Luxor that killed 68 people; Stewart, 62, champion of unpopular clients, pleads not guilty; Atty Gen John Ashcroft details charges against her, translator Mohammed Yousry, Ahmed Abdel Sattar and Yassir Al-Sirri; Al-Sirri was charged in Britain last fall with conspiring in assassination of Ahmed Shah Massoud, Northern Alliance leader in Afghanistan; Ashcroft also says case will be first use of new rule allowing Bureau of Prisons to monitor lawyers' conversations with terrorist prisoners; photos; Abdel Rahman is one of about 15 such prisoners held under these restrictive conditions (M)

Indictment Says Lawyer Helped A Terror Group

Ira Berkow Sports of The Times column recounts Patrick Ewing's career as New York Knick, where connecting with fans seemed less important to him than it should have been to compensate for lack of championship he promised; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Ewing Acted As Outsider While a Star

Scores of Roman Catholic priests led by Bishop Anthony M Pilla attend full funeral Mass in Parma, Ohio, for Rev Don A Rooney, curate who committed suicide in face of accusations of sexual misconduct; photos; Rooney shot himself after being summoned by church authorities to answer sexual complaint dating from 1980; accusation is part of Cleveland Diocese's mushrooming scandal over sexually abusive priests; grand jury has subpoenaed all church information on such cases (M)

Its Bearings Shaken, a Parish Buries a Troubled Clergyman

Authors are rebelling against new efforts by Amazon.com to spur sales of used books, practice that has become major source of revenue for Amazon but pays nothing to writers or publishers; Authors Guild tells 8,200 members to stop helping Amazon sell books by linking to it from their own Web sites; Amazon says authors benefit as more readers are encouraged to try their work (M)

April 10, 2002

Headlines from April 10, 2002

At a Festival, Documentaries as History

In Mexico, Greed Kills Fish by the Seaful

A Chef Invents a Lobster Dish, And Pots Start Boiling All Over

Schumann, via Argerich, Both Ferocious and Gentle

Market Place; Possible Savior Returns to AOL As Its Growth Appears Weak

Billboard 200

A New Day Has Come

Now 9

WWF: Forceable Entry

The Best Of Both Worlds

O Brother; Where Art Thou?

Historical Context for April 10, 2002