September 1999


September 1st, 1999
PRISTINA Albanian children in the Kosovo capital started school on Wednesday, their first day in a regular school after nine years of illegal classes in private homes. Serbian pupils were scarce, their families having mostly fled.

U.S. Prepares For Possible
Y2K Violence


By Jim Wolf, Reuters -
September 1 2:34 AM ET

Rocky Road To
Information Superhighway


By Michael Miller, Reuters -
September 2 2:47 AM ET

Russia, U.S. To Discuss Y2K Missile Fears

By Jim Wolf, Reuters -
September 2 1:11 PM ET

Online Bidders Offer Millions For Human Kidney

September 3 8:21 AM ET

Yeltsin Urges Quick,
Tough Action In Dagestan


By Andrei Shukshin, Reuters - September 7 11:01 AM ET

News From Pepperland:
'Yellow Submarine' Resurfaces


By Allan Kozinn
September 10, 1999


Reuters Photo - Wednesday 8 September 1999
Greek rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a building in a northern Athens suburb Wednesday. Athens rumbled with aftershocks as rescue teams scoured piles of brick and concrete for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed several people and injured many more. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters)

UK Papers Say Plethora Of Spy Revelations Likely

Saturday September 11 7:27 PM ET

Yeltsin Urges Calm Amid Moscow Bomb Attacks

By Dmitry Zhdannikov - Monday September 13 10:49 AM ET

Floyd sweeps Bahamas, nears FL

Terrell Johnson, weather.com
Tue Sep 14 1999 8:48 EDT



As a Species Vanishes, No One Can Say Why

September 14, 1999 - By WILLIAM K. STEVENS

She-geeks confess love for Linux

Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet
Thursday September 16 09:23 AM EDT

Smithfield says storm closes hog plants

Thursday September 16, 9:52 am Eastern Time

Schroeder's Woes

By Roger Cohen - September 16, 1999

George Michael sells his soul for Kosovo refugees

By Simon Gardner - Thursday September 16 9:02 PM ET

Thousands in Indonesia sign up to anti-U.N. jihad

Saturday September 18, 3:46 am Eastern Time

Greenspan Sees Risk Of Bottlenecks From Y2K

By Caren Bohan - Sunday September 19 12:37 AM ET

Earthquake Pounds Taiwan, Over 1,400 Dead

By Stephen Weeks - Tuesday September 21 7:39 AM ET

Paul McCartney to make third classical album

By Stephen Weeks - Wednesday September 22 8:56 PM ET

September 23rd - 100 Days before the Year 2,000

Stories of the Day

Nuclear Site Is Battling a Rising Tide of Waste

By MATTHEW L. WALD - New York Times - Monday September 27

Ex-Boyfriend Kills Bride-to-Be on Wedding Day

By MATTHEW L. WALD - New York Times - Monday September 27

The Bright Young Stars of China's Future

By ERIK ECKHOLM and ELISABETH ROSENTHAL - Monday September 28

Supreme Court To Consider Abortion Protest Limits

Tuesday September 28 1:52 PM ET

Brooklyn Museum Sues to Keep Mayor From Freezing Its Funds

By DAVID BARSTOW - Tuesday September 29

Jesux Hoax Uncovered

Wednesday September 29 04:27 PM EDT
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ZDNet

  August 1999

    Tornado Damages Downtown Salt Lake City

August 11,99

    Graf Announces Retirement After Injuries

August 12,99

     Night Of Violence Precedes Omagh Services

Sunday August 15 1:12 PM ET By Louise McCall

     Turkey Quake Death Toll Nears 7,000

Thursday August 19 12:55 PM ET By PAUL GEITNER AP Writer

     U.S. To Seek New Computer Surveillance Power

Friday August 20 1:15 AM ET

     First Person Convicted Of Internet Piracy

Monday August 23 4:51 AM ET

     Bertelsmann Pulls 'Mein Kampf' From Online Shop

Monday August 23 4:52 AM ET By Deborah Cole

    Congress -- scarier than 'Blair Witch'

Maria Seminerio, ZDNet - Wednesday August 25 09:50 AM EDT

    School Districts in Kansas Split on Evolution Ruling

By JACQUES STEINBERG, NY Times - August 25, 1999

    Cyber thriller to debut online

Maria Seminerio, ZDNet - Wednesday August 25 11:20 AM EDT

    World Y2k Center Appeals For More Country Reports

Friday August 27 1:25 AM ET

    Cultural Center Finds Star's $5 Million Gift Brings Pressures

By Bruce Weber, NY Times - August 30, 1999

    UK's David Bowie To Launch Album Via Internet

Monday August 30 4:23 PM ET

    Finnish woman picks her way to air-guitar title

Monday August 30 8:32 PM ET

  July 1999

    What's Ahead For Apple

07/26/99 Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet

    Does Business Need 3D

Tuesday July 27 05:00 PM EDT Robert Lemos, ZDNet

    China Orders Arrest of Falun Gong Leader

Thursday July 29 9:04 AM ET By Michael Kramer

    Excerpts From: How Russia Is Ruled -- 1998

A paper by Donald N. Jensen
Associate director of broadcasting at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.