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PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - Feb. 16
16 Feb 2007 09:21:26 GMT
Source: Reuters

NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The New York Times reported the following stories on its front page on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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President Bush on Thursday pressed NATO allies to provide a bigger and more aggressive force to protect the fragile Afghan state.

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Judge Limits New York Police Taping: A federal judge ruled that the police must stop the routine videotaping of people at public gatherings.

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In Setback for New Orleans, Fed-Up Residents Give Up: Hundreds of the city's best and brightest are leaving, driven away by crime, high rents and what many say is a dissipating sense of possibility.

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In Fraud Case, 7 Years in Jail for Contempt: A former globe-trotting investment manager remains jailed on one of the longest-running charges of contempt.

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China Covers Up Detention of AIDS Doctor: Dr. Gao Yaojie's house arrest sheds light on China's intolerance for grass-roots AIDS activists.

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Donors Sweetened Director's Pay at MoMA: For more than eight years, Glenn D. Lowry's income was higher than the museum reported in its tax forms.

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Owners of digital video recorders still watch on average two-thirds of commercials, a Nielsen study shows.

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A man sells women's clothes outside the ruins of the Golden Mosque in Samara, 96 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, February 22, 2007. Militants entered the Golden Mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra at dawn exactly one year ago, setting off charges that destroyed the dome of the revered Shi'ite shrine. The act sparked a wave of sectarian bloodshed that has pushed Iraq close to all-out civil war.