Dan Barry column on Celebrity Path at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, path dedicated to famous Brooklynites whose names are memorialized on stones along its way (M)

About New York; A Path Of Glory, So Fleeting

New Jersey Nets defeat Detroit Pistons, 94-79, to tie second-round playoff series, 2-2; photos (M)

Kidd Finds Scoring Touch and Nets Pull Even

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's semi-annual outlook says US and Asia are leaving Europe behind in accelerating, but uneven global economic recovery; says disparity could threaten Europe and Japan with further spikes in exchange rate of their currencies versus dollar; predicts euro zone will grow just 1.6 percent this year, compared with 4.7 percent in US; projects Japan will grow 3 percent; says Germany will grow only 1.1 percent in 2004, while Italy may grow just 0.9 percent; OECD chief economist Jean-Philippe Cotis says declining dollar could stoke inflation in US, which would prompt Federal Reserve to embark on long-expected tightening of monetary policy; holds if recent high oil prices persist, he will cut his global growth projections by 0.2 percentage point (M)

Group Says Europe Is Lagging in Global Recovery

Cisco Systems reports profit in its fiscal third quarter ended May 1 that narrowly exceeds investor expectations; chief executive John T Chambers suggests that corporate spending on technology appears to be gaining momentum; company reports net income of $1.2 billion, up 23 percent from $987 million year earlier; sales rose 22 percent, to $5.62 billion from $4.62 billion year ago, and up slightly from $5.4 billion in second quarter; photo (M)

Cisco Profit For Quarter Slightly Beats Estimates

New York Yankees defeat Anaheim Angels, 8-7, in extra innings; photo (M)

Yankees' Long Night Ends With A Long Ball

Article on expanding empires of famous American chefs like Thomas Keller, which means that those actually in charge in kitchens are not marquee names but chefs de cuisine, who are themselves becoming more visible at high-end restaurants; success of Thomas Keller's new Per Se will depend on talents of chefs de cuisine in New York and at French Laundry in California; Jean-Georges Vongerichten, whose Shanghai restaurant is his 15th, says that chef de cuisine is cooking at flagship Jean Georges in Manhattan whether he is there or not; Daniel Boulud's chefs have become well-known without leaving nest; photos (M)

Who Really Cooks Your Food?

Article on political firestorm arising over 20th Century Fox movie The Day After Tomorrow, set for release on May 28; environmental advocates are using film's release to slam Bush administration's global warming policies; industry groups in Washington are lobbying to ensure that film does not help pass bill limiting carbon dioxide emissions (M)

Global Warming Ignites Tempers, Even in a Movie

Surveys commissioned by New York City find number of adult smokers in city fell 11 percent from 2002 to 2003, one of steepests short-term declines ever, in wake of huge tobacco tax rise and ban on smoking in bars; find number of smokers, after holding steady for decade, fell over 100,000, to 19.3 percent of adults from 21.6 percent, with drop occuring across all boroughs, ages and ethnic groups; find 13 percent drop in cigarette consumption; smoking rate graphs; photo (M)

A City of Quitters? In Strict New York, 11% Fewer Smokers

Sayed Nabi Siddiqui, former Afghan police colonel, says he was subjected to beating, kicking, sleep deprivation, taunts and sexual abuse during 40 days he spent in American custody at three sites in Afghanistan, interview sparked by disclosure of abuse at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, prison; says he was repeatedly photographed, often while naked; Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission members say story matches one he gave to them shortly after his release last fall, long before abuse in Iraq came to light; say they mentioned details of case, apparently first involving sexual abuse of detainee, to American military officials last year; Afghan military and police officials say they have heard similar stories from detainees and their families; United States military opens probe; Amb Zalmay Khalilzad says that, to best of his knowledge, it is first time military command or American Embassy had heard of alleged abuse; map; photos (M)

Afghan Gives Own Account Of U.S. Abuse

Mitsubishi Corp says net income was 115.4 billion yen ($1 billion) for 12 months ended March 31 compared with 62.3 billion yen year earlier; sales rose to 15.2 trillion yen from 13.3 trillion yen year ago (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Mitsubishi's Profit Rises

Johnson & Johnson, which introduced in US promosing new drug-coated stent to treat heart disease nearly year before anyone else, has already lost its lead; Boston Scientific Corp, which introduced rival device two months ago, says it has captured about 70 percent of new orders; says its US revenue for device was $163 million in April, with additional $42 million overseas; Johnson & Johnson declines to discuss its sales for March and April, but contends doctors are still deciding which device they prefer; photo (Market Place column) (M)

Makers of Drug-Coated Stents Fight For the Hearts of Cardiologists

 Palestinians Hold Israeli Bodies Hostage  What began as an almost routine Israeli search-and-destroy raid in Gaza City gave way to an anxious search-and-recover mission after Palestinian militants blew up a troop carrier and then said they had made off with parts of the six soldiers killed inside. Troops conducted a house-to-house search for the remains. It was Israel's largest single loss of soldiers' lives in 18 months. At least seven Palestinians were also killed in the raid, intended to destroy workshops that the army said served as weapons factories.   PAGE A10

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Frank J Prial article on return trip, ten years later, to South African vineyards; reports business is booming, with new vineyards, wineries and foreign investment, and thriving new growing regions; finds sleepy college town of Stellenbosch has become resort destination and Cape wine community, once closed-in, has international flair; describes Andre van Rensburg's production at premiere Somerset West winery and operations of Charles Back at Fairview Estate, whose Goats Do Roam wines are perhaps best-known to Americans; photos; Back's father, Cyril, was first to plant shiraz in South Africa (M)

10 Years Past Apartheid, Wine Industry Thrives

The chairs come in plush velvet or leather. There are main rooms, dining areas, private nooks and alcoves scented by candles. The multiple stages are bathed in high-tech lighting, Champagne flows, and the women, the main attraction, sparkle in glittery gowns -- that is, until they strip down to their G-strings for a $20 lap dance.     But do not call them strippers. In this type of multimillion-dollar ''gentlemen's club,'' they are ''entertainers.''   

Dancing in the Lap of Luxury; At New Upscale Clubs, 'Stripper' Is a Dirty Word

Fiat's first-quarter loss narrowed to 194 million euros ($230 million) from 681 million euros year earlier; sales fell to 11.2 billion euros from 12.3 billion euros (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Fiat's Loss Narrows

Alex Witchel interview with Mimi Sheraton, food journalist, author and cook, at her Greenwich Village home; photo; former New York Times restaurant critic, now 78, discusses New York childhood and career in her 14th book, memoir Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life, as well as current projects, including search for lost dishes from city's bygone French bistros (M)

Undisguised Pleasures Of a Former Critic

American soldiers attack mosque in Karbala, Iraqi holy city, in largest assault yet on forces of rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr; strike brings soldiers to within third of mile of two of Shiite Islam's holiest sites, shrines of Hussein and Abbas; detonates huge weapons cache in building behind mosque; insurgents take up positions around Abbas Shrine and apparently lob mortars at mosque; Special Forces soldiers begin organizing Iraqi forces to counterattack; intense fighting continues; American militiary says it began attack after meeting with Karbala's leaders, who want Sadr's forces run out of town; attack comes as news emerges that Adnan al-Zorfi, Najaf's American-appointed governor, offered to delay attempts to capture Sadr if he agreed to disband militia; Sadr issues leaflets saying he will end rebellion if 'occupation forces' agree to talks overseen by Shiite religious leadership; map; photos (M)

U.S. Strikes Mosque Held by Iraqi Cleric's Militia

Profit at Toyota Motor Corp increased 55 percent in fiscal year ended March 31; net profit was 1.16 trillion yen ($10.24 billion) compared with 750.9 billion yen year before; sales rose 11.6 percent for year to 17.29 trillion yen ($152 billion); over all, Toyota's global vehicle sales rose 9.9 percent, to 2.1 million vehicles for year; president Fujio Cho comments; photos (M)

Toyota Yearly Profit Up 55% On Sales and Cost-Cutting

British Airways will add surcharge of 5 pounds ($8.89) to every round-trip fare on its British flights as result of rising price of oil; fares will increase by $4 per flight sector outside of Britain (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Airline Adds Fuel Fee

Industrial production in Brazil rose 11.9 percent in March from year-earlier period; oputput in March rose 2.1 percent from February; production rose 5.8 percent in first quarter over three months of 2003 (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Industrial Output Surges

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses relationship between Detroit Pistons first-year coach Larry Brown and team's midseason acquisition forward Rasheed Wallace; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Reclamation Is Far From Certain for Brown's Latest Project

World Business Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Retailer's Sales Fall

Duccio Regoli, who represents group Assogestioni that owns five shares of Telecom Italia and that looks after interests of 150 Italian fund managers and brokers, reads statement in which he praises Telecom Italia for recent improvements in corporate governancebut also asks that further moves be taken to improve transparency and protect interests of minority shareholders; shareholder activism in Italy, which has generally been considered province of foreign investment funds, is growing because of Parmalat scandal (M)

Shareholders In Italy Begin To Accept Role Of Inquisitor

Joan Gallagher, former top saleswoman at InterMune, is suing company, saying it fired her last June for refusing to join illegal effort to sell company's main drug Actimmune for unapproved use; lawsuit depicts how InterMune generated hundreds of millions of dollars from drug that was approved for only two extremely rare childhood diseases but has been sold as $50,000-a-year treatment for far more common adult lung disease; case provides glimpse into issues arising from sale of drugs for so-called off-label uses, industry practice drawing increasing scrutiny from government authorities; pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to actively promote drugs except as treatments that Food and Drug Administration has specifically approved (M)

Suit by Former Employee Charges Promotion of Drug's Off-Label Use

Web site operated by Islamic group Muntada al-Ansar posts videotape showing decapitation of American Nicholas Berg in Iraq, in what killers call revenge for American mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison; site identifies killer as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant linked to Al Qaeda; State Department confirms Berg's body was found, Baghdad; Berg's family says Berg, 26, went to Iraq twice since Dec seeking work fixing communications antennas; photos (M)

May 12, 2004

Headlines from May 12, 2004

About New York; A Path Of Glory, So Fleeting

Kidd Finds Scoring Touch and Nets Pull Even

Group Says Europe Is Lagging in Global Recovery

Cisco Profit For Quarter Slightly Beats Estimates

Yankees' Long Night Ends With A Long Ball

Billboard 200

D12 World

Confessions

Musicology

The Girl In The Other Room

Hurt No More

Historical Context for May 12, 2004