Greenpeace Spoofs Int'l Herald Trib; IHT Objects

JESSICA LETCHFORD

BRUSSELS (AP) — Greenpeace published a spoof edition of the International Herald Tribune on Thursday to highlight environmental issues and draw attention to the Copenhagen climate change conference in December.

The Paris-based International Herald Tribune, global edition of the New York Times, complained and, as the spoof also appeared on the Internet, said it had asked the environmental group immediately to remove any fake IHT Web pages.

A statement from the newspaper rejected Greenpeace's argument that it used the brand to praise the IHT for its climate change reporting. ...