March 11, 2003

New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Americans growing impatient with UN and that majority backs military action against Iraq in defiance of UN Security Council; 58 percent of Americans feel UN is doing poor job manging crisis, and 55 percent back invasion even if council refuses to endorse it; 52 percent say inspectors should be given more time to search for evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; poll finds Pres Bush has been successful, at least at home, in portraying Pres Saddam Hussein as threat to peace while rallying support for war over rising objections in international community; findings detailed; charts (M)

Florida Panthers defeat New York Rangers, 2-1; photo (M)

Deutsche Telekom reports loss of 24.6 billion euros ($27.1 billion) in 2002, biggest annual loss in European corporate history; says it has seen some hopeful signs in fourth quarter, when revenue was up and its loss was much narrower than year before; main culprit in immense annual loss was sharply reduced value of investments company made in technology stock bubble of late 1990's; company reports 14.5 billion euros ($16 billion) in revenue in fourth quarter, 9 percent increase from year earlier; net loss fell to 100 million euros ($111 million), from 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) year ago; chief executive Kai-Uwe Ricke comments; photos (M)

Ratings agency Fitch upgrade

Series of assaults in Mount Vernon High School over last week described; officials are searching for ways to make school safer but do not have money to hire and train enough security guards; Police Capt Robert Kelly maintains that spate of violence is not indicative of trend; photo (M)