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<H1>Excerpt: <I>Attacks on the Press in 2002</i></H1>
<H2>An accomplished <I>New York Times</i> foreign correspondent, now on the paper's editorial board, writes about the importance of press freedom in the preface to <I>Attacks on the Press in 2002</i>.</H2><span class="byline">By Serge Schmemann &#150; </span><span class="smalltext">April 11