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Ben Brantley reviews Roundabout Theater Company production of Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys From Syracuse, with new book by Nicky Silver and directed by Scott Ellis; photos (M)
Interview with Public Theater producer and director George C Wolfe, who comments on his recent successes, including Topdog/Underdog, Elaine Stritch at Liberty and musical revue Harlem Song; photos (M)
Leslie Camhi reviews Two Young Americans: The Patriot and the Taliban, A&E Investigative Reports episode produced by The New York Times and Granada Factual USA (M)
Thousands of civil patrollers who committed atrocities at height of Guatemala's civil war in early 1980's are seeking payment from government for deadly service, alarming many in country where 36-year war ended with mostly unfulfilled promises for victims and nothing for patrollers except their demobilization; say they were forced under threat of death to leave farms and villages to work with army in routing leftist guerrillas; many see themselves as pawns cold war who were useful in holding Communism at bay then cast aside when wars ended as world's attention turned elsewhere; have not given up old networks, despite demobilization, raising fear that they could re-emerge to resolve complaints with weapons and anger amid festering social and economic problems; map; photo (M)
Article explores connection between Charles A Gargano, chairman of Empire State Development Corp and close adviser to Gov Pataki, and several shaky businesses, for which he has served as director; says it is unclear why Gargano would be willing to risk his reputation by becoming involved with these companies, one of which has been accused of fraud; Pataki spokesman defends Gargano and his track record as economic development leader; companies have donated heavily to Republican party and given Gargano stock or securities, although it is not clear what they may be worth; chart illustrates rise and fall of Eagle Building Technologies, where Gargano served as director until just before SEC investigation; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 2002, covering August 19, 2002.
Bruce Springsteen
Linkin Park
Nelly
Various Artists
Eminem
2002Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.[†]
On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen fighters armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation. It is also the deadliest aviation disaster ever suffered by the Russian Armed Forces, as well as its worst loss of life in a single day since the 1999 start of the Second Chechen War.
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]