Three blasts tore through the crowded resort town of Dahab in the third attack at a popular Sinai resort in two years.

30 Are Killed in Sinai as Bombs Rock Egyptian Resort City

The king met a key demand of pro-democracy protesters pushing the country to the brink of chaos.

In a Retreat, Nepal's King Says He Will Reinstate Parliament

A failed project to repair a pipeline has a wider significance as a metaphor for the entire $45 billion rebuilding effort in Iraq.

Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen

The author wants to stave off autobiographical interpretations of his new novel, which involves a series of drastic surgical procedures.

Philip Roth, Haunted by Illness, Feels Fine

A warty, half-foot-long salamander is known to live in only two places in Laos — and now probably in glass tanks in Japan.

Scientists Discover a Salamander; Now Profiteers Have Found It Too

Scientists have uncovered what seems to be a crucial feature of how a cell's fate is determined, even though much remains to be understood.

Studies Find Elusive Key to Cell Fate in Embryo

In rural areas, the Latino population has soared but opposition to illegal immigration is deeply ingrained.

For Latinos in the Midwest, a Time to Be Heard

Some business owners in Hempstead, NY, are vowing to close their doors on May 1 as part of nationwide boycott in support of amnesty for nation's 11 million illegal immigrants; boycott of commerce, work and school is intended to reflect impact that immigrants have on economy and to protest harshest proposals under review in Congress for dealing with illegal immigrants; photo (M)

A Boycott for Immigrants' Rights Picks Up Support on Long Island

Drs Bradley E Bernstein and Eric S Lander of Broad and Whitehead Institutes lead research on how identity of cell is determined; research, which is published in journal Cell, suggests that chromatin located near master regulator genes carries two tags that either suppress DNA or make DNA readable to cell; once master gene assigns identity to cell and cell matures it loses its ability to activate new genes and maintains its assigned type; drawing (M)

Clyde Haberman column says that willingness of Roger Toussaint, president of Transport Workers Union, to go to jail for taking New York transit workers on strike in December may enhance his reputation, but that his orchestration of hero's farewell and his proclamation that he is champion of all working men and women do not mitigate financial impact his actions had on working men and women who are dependent on public transportation (M)

A Grand March to a Jail Cell, and Maybe History

Stephen Holden Critic's Notebook comments on films at Tribeca Film Festival; notes Comedy of Power, Driving Lessons, Two Players From the Bench, Blessed by Fire, The Yacoubian Building, Brasilia 18%, Backstage, The Mist in the Palm Trees, The TV Set, Choking Man, Color Me Kubrick, Home Front and War Tapes; photo; map (M)

At the Tribeca Festival, Films Long on Reality, Short on Fluff

The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class?     A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only ''seats.''  

One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand

Major television networks are attempting to capitalize on popularity of telenovelas on Spanish-language television by adapting them for English-language audience; Fox's new My Network TV will adapt at least three telenovelas a year; NBC and ABC have deals to adapt their own telenovelas in works; photos (M)

Telenovelas to Deliver La Pasión in English

Newly discovered warty salamander, known as Paramesotriton laoensis, is being tracked by pet dealers using scientific report on salamander as guidemap; unusual salamander, which was identified by Field Museum (Chicago) researcer Bryan Stuart, is found in two places in Laos; photo (M)

Microsoft began its weeklong appeal of the European Commission's 2004 antitrust decision against it on Monday with an attack on the regulator's arguments for ruling against the bundling of Media Player in Windows.     At the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, Microsoft and the commission, Europe's highest competition authority, both claimed to speak for innovation in the software industry.  

Microsoft Opens Appeal in Europe

Transit officials in New York City report that etching acid, mixed with paint or shoe polish, is being used by vandals to create graffiti on subway windows that cannot be removed; only newest subway cars are resistant to new generation of graffiti, because their windows are protected by Mylar; authorities are exploring option of coating all subway car windows with Mylar; photos (M)

Graffiti Back in Subways, Indelibly This Time

Osama Eldawoody, Egyptian nuclear engineer who became paid informer for New York City Police Dept, is prosecution's star witness in first day of trial of alleged terrorist Shahawar Marin Siraj; Siraj, Pakistani immigrant, was secretly recorded by Eldawoody over several months in 2004 declaring his hatred of America and talking about plan to bomb Herald Square subway station; trial is first since Sept 11 attacks in which terrorism case investigated by Police Dept's Intelligence Division is being tried in federal court; Martin R Stolar, defense lawyer for Siraj, says he plans to put department's tactics on trial; photo (M)

Police Informer in Terror Trial Takes Stand

Photo of Philip Roth on book jacket of his new novel Everyman is first time in ages that famously private writer has allowed his likeness to appear on one of his books; Roth has allowed photo to appear to stave off idea book, which is about sickness and death, is in any way autobiographical; he comments; photos (M)

Hernandez's Dugout Target Rubs It in a Bit

Architect Frank Gehry unveils his design for extensive mixed-use development project on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles; $750 million project, consisting of two L-shaped towers, is first phase of $1.8 billion development plan by Related Companies that will remake Grand Avenue as pedestrian-based gathering point; construction of first phase will begin in December 2006 with projected completion date of 2009 and entire project is expected to be completed in 2014; photo (M)

Los Angeles With a Downtown? Gehry's Vision

New Jersey Devils defeat New York Rangers, 4-1, to lead first-round playoff series, 2-0; photos (M)

Devils Show Rangers How to Win Short-Handed

William F. Browder is the largest foreign investor in Russia's stock market and one of the country's biggest promoters. But now the government won't allow him back into the country, and therein lies a tale of the sticky challenge of investing in a booming economy caught between the forces of capitalism and state control.     Mr. Browder, 42, spent 10 years in Russia building Hermitage Capital Management into a $4 billion asset shop. As one of the most vocal critics of Russia's weak standards in corporate governance, he was responsible for fostering changes at giants like Lukoil and spurring new local laws to protect shareholders' rights.  

The Bull of Russian Investment Finds Himself in Forced Hibernation

San Francisco Giants defeat New York Mets, 6-2; photo (M)4

Bonds Hurts Mets With His Feet, Not His Bat, as Glavine Struggles

Just two weeks before they were to go on trial, two former top executives of Computer Associates International, the once-booming software company, pleaded guilty yesterday to eight counts each of securities fraud and obstruction of justice in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.     Sanjay Kumar, the former chief executive of Computer Associates, and Stephen Richards, the company's former top salesman, confessed to a wide-ranging conspiracy to inflate the company's sales in 1999 and 2000 and interfere with the subsequent federal inquiry  

Software Chief Admits to Guilt in Fraud Case

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column discusses New Jersey Devils' win against New York Rangers in Game 2 of first-round playoff series; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; New Guard Is Upholding A Tradition

Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that "urban renewal" and "slum clearance" did not respect the needs of city-dwellers.

Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)

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Peter John Law was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly he sat as an independent member of Parliament (MP) and AM for the same constituency.

April 25, 2006

Headlines from April 25, 2006

30 Are Killed in Sinai as Bombs Rock Egyptian Resort City

In a Retreat, Nepal's King Says He Will Reinstate Parliament

Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen

Philip Roth, Haunted by Illness, Feels Fine

Scientists Discover a Salamander; Now Profiteers Have Found It Too

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