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Network's summer reruns whip Fox's first N.F.L. broadcast...
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has committed perhaps the first case of First Lady-sacking since Henry VIII's quadruple hat trick 450-odd years ago. In a television message broadcast Tuesday night, Fujimori withdrew all of Susana Higuchi's responsibilities and privileges in the ceremonial post. And why not? Over the last 2 weeks, his wife -- a presidential aspirant herself -- has accused various ministers of corruption and her husband of "authoritarianism." His comebacks: "disloyalty" and "blackmail." Oddly, there's no talk of divorce. BTW: Henry VIII had six wives: he divorced two, beheaded two, saw one die and died before...
...strike date by a player vote to give the union maximum leverage. As employees, the players had already received more than two-thirds of their 1994 salaries. But the owners earn almost all their national-TV revenues during the September pennant races and the October postseason. (The broadcast rights to the play-offs and the World Series alone were projected to bring in $180 million.) The owners had just launched their experimental Baseball Network on ABC and NBC with the mid-July All-Star Game. Early TV ratings were higher than expected. To hype fan interest, the owners had offended...
...Village, ostensibly devoted to educating the public about the environment, resembled a strip mall where you could buy clothes, camping gear and even Woodstock air ($2 a bottle). The promoters will reap an estimated $5 million to $8 million from pay-per-view fees: the concert was broadcast in 27 countries...
...fighting. During the last few weeks of fighting the Tutsi rebels drove the Hutu army west (towards Zaire), pushing an estimated 1.75 million Rwandan refugees ahead of them. The exiled Hutu Government fled into the French controlled safe zone in southwestern Rwanda. From this haven, the deposed Hutu leaders broadcast messages of ethnic hatred and revenge over Radio Milles Collines urging their countrymen to flee or be killed at the hands of the RPF. These radio broadcasts have caused widespread panic and fueled the exodus. And therefore Rwanda has become what one observer called a "nation with out people...