Reporters on the Job
鈥� Police Training Manual: Today's story about lifting press restrictions in China included coverage of a police training manual that tells how to stop reporters from "illegal" interviews.
"Ironically it was a state-run newspaper that led me to the manual," says Peter. China Daily ran a feature about the lengths to which Chinese officials are going to learn English so as to welcome Olympic visitors, and mentioned a handbook for policemen. "I thought that might provide material for a story one day about the spread of English in China in the run-up to the Games," Peter says, "so I bought a copy. And there was the dialogue about 'stopping illegal news coverage.' That was a better story."
David Clark Scott
World editor
鈥� Monday, Dec. 4:
London 鈥� Winner of the Turner Prize for art announced. The short list: Tomma Abts, Phil Collins, Mark Titchner, and Rebecca Warren.
Washington 鈥� Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the largest Shiite party in Iraq, meets with President Bush.
Tokyo 鈥� Symposium commemorating 50th anniversary of Japan's joining UN.
鈥� Tuesday, Dec. 5:
Tehran 鈥� Foreign ministers of countries neighboring Iraq to meet for talks on ways to stop the violence in Iraq.
Saarland, Germany 鈥� Polish President Lech Kaczynski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Jacques Chirac hold their Weimar Triangle summit.
鈥�Thursday, Dec. 7:
Hawaii 鈥� 65th anniversary of the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor that killed more than 2,400 in a surprise attack.
叠谤补蝉颈濒铆补 鈥� Venezuelan President Hugo Ch谩vez visits.
鈥� Friday, Dec. 8:
Washington 鈥� South African President Thabo Mbeki visits President Bush.
鈥� Saturday, Dec. 9:
Moscow 鈥� Veterans from Russia and other countries mark 60 years of hockey in Russia with event on Red Square.
鈥� Sunday, Dec. 10:
Oslo 鈥� 2006 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Muhammad Yunus.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 鈥� Joseph Kabila sworn in as president.
鈥� Reuters, Associated Press
