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<font size="2">"I have been through many, many medal ceremonies. These are
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/nyregion/14GIUL.html?todaysheadlines">RUDY GIULIANI,</a>in London, after receiving an honoarary knighthood from
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NATIONAL</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/national/14LIND.html?todaysheadlines">In Court, a Not-Guilty Plea. Outside, the Real Drama</a></b><br>
The parents of accused American Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh and C.I.A. officer Johnny Spann, who was killed in Afghanistan, crossed paths at Lindh's trial on Wednesday.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/education/14CHEA.html?todaysheadlines">School Cheating Scandal Tests a Town's Values</a></b><br>
The uproar over a group of Kansas high school students who plagiarized parts of their botany project from the Internet has caused an angry debate.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/14INDI.html?todaysheadlines">A Computer Shutdown Plays Havoc at Interior</a></b><br>
After a 10-week court-ordered shutdown of   nearly all its computer communications, the Interior Department has restored some of them.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/international/asia/14TERR.html?todaysheadlines">Qaeda Deputy Reported to Plan New Attacks</a></b><br>
An elusive 30-year-old Palestinian is now believed to be organizing remnants of the Al Qaeda terrorist network to carry out new attacks against the United States.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/international/europe/14MILO.html?todaysheadlines">U.N. Details Vicious Acts Charged Against Milosevic</a></b><br>
Slobodan Milosevic unleashed another blistering attack on the United Nations tribunal that has charged him with the gravest of atrocities in three Balkan wars.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/international/asia/14STRA.html?todaysheadlines">Bush's Hard Line With North Korea</a></b><br>
While President Bush's tough stance toward North Korea has yet to stem the nation's arms sales, it has distressed a long-time ally to the south.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>BUSINESS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/business/14REGS.html?todaysheadlines">Rule Makers Take on Loopholes That Enron Used to Do Business</a></b><br>
Responding to the collapse of Enron, regulators and legislators Wednesday proposed changes in the way companies report their finances.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/business/14TRUS.html?todaysheadlines">Enron's Deals Were Marketed to Companies by Wall Street</a></b><br>
Investment bankers at some big Wall Street firms helped create and find investors for complex partnerships that Enron used to mask its true financial condition.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/14TELE.html?todaysheadlines">Global Crossing Woes Delay Military Contract</a></b><br>
The bankruptcy proceedings for Global Crossing have delayed the awarding of a $450 million contract to provide the Defense Department with Internet services.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/14TELE.html?todaysheadlines">Global Crossing Woes Delay Military Contract</a></b><br>
The bankruptcy proceedings for Global Crossing have delayed the awarding of a $450 million contract to provide the Defense Department with Internet services.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/circuits/14CELL.html?todaysheadlines">Talking More but Enjoying It Less</a></b><br>
The ranks of wireless subscribers have ballooned in the last few years, and so have the number of complaints about service.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/14PRIV.html?todaysheadlines">Comcast Says It Will Stop Storing Data on Customers</a></b><br>
Facing criticism from a member of Congress and privacy advocacy groups, Comcast said that it would no longer store data that would enable it to track individual subscribers' Internet surfing habits.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/politics/14DONA.html?todaysheadlines">House Passes Landmark Campaign Finance Bill</a></b><br>
After a marathon debate, the House gave its approval early Thursday to the most sweeping overhaul of campaign spending rules since the Watergate scandals.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/international/14CLIM.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Plan Expected to Slow, Not Halt, Gas Emission Rise</a></b><br>
President Bush is set to announce a plan calling for voluntary measures to slow but not halt the   growth in emissions of gases linked to global warming.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/politics/14TRAF.html?todaysheadlines">Congressman's Trial Begins With Testimony of Kickbacks</a></b><br>
A former staff lawyer testified that Representative James A. Traficant Jr. demanded continuing kickbacks of half of his salary.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>SPORTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/olympics/14SKAT.html?todaysheadlines">Canada to Appeal on Skating; Judge Pressured, French Say</a></b><br>
The head of the French Olympic team said the French figure-skating judge was pressured before she voted to award the gold  medal to the Russian pairs team.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/sports/hockey/14RANG.html?todaysheadlines">Rangers Fall Short in Third Period</a></b><br>
In their final game before the break for the Salt Lake Games, the Rangers allowed two leads to slip away and gave up two goals in the third period, losing to the Stars.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/sports/baseball/14YANK.html?todaysheadlines">6 Into 5 Doesn't Fit for Yankees' Hern&#225;ndez</a></b><br>
When pitchers and catchers hold their first practice on Thursday, Orlando Hern&#225;ndez will be one of six starting pitchers. He is the one most likely to be left out of the rotation.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/obituaries/14JENN.html?todaysheadlines">Waylon Jennings, a Star and Outlaw of Country Music, Is Dead at 64</a></b><br>
Waylon Jennings, a singer, songwriter and guitarist who defined the outlaw movement in country music, died on Wednesday at his home in Arizona.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/books/14LANG.html?todaysheadlines">For Langston Hughes, Centennial Appreciation</a></b><br>
It was one of Langston Hughes's dreams to establish himself as a major figure in 20th-century American literature. Last weekend he seemed to take a giant step in that direction.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/arts/theater/14NOTE.html?todaysheadlines">A Revival for a Playwright Who's Funny and Upsetting</a></b><br>
In his mid-70's, Peter Nichols feels like   the freshest thing on the boards in the   London theater.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/nyregion/14BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">Bloomberg Seeks Cuts in Spending at Most Agencies</a></b><br>
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed closing the city's $4.76 billion deficit by cutting almost all city agencies, including police and fire.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/nyregion/14CHAR.html?todaysheadlines">With Larger Charities Faring Well, Neighborhood Nonprofits Struggle</a></b><br>
Small charitable organizations are struggling as the economy gets worse, despite the increased demand for their services.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/education/14RUTG.html?todaysheadlines">After Surviving Rutgers's Storms, President Falls to Trenton Politics</a></b><br>
Francis L. Lawrence, Rutgers University president for 12 controversial years, was perhaps finally done in by New Jersey politics.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/opinion/14SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">Who's Hu in Beijing</a></b>
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By WILLIAM SAFIRE
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Hu Jintao, the man thought to be certain to succeed Jiang Zemin, has up until recently been a total mystery to Westerners.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/opinion/14CHHA.html?todaysheadlines">Cambodia Won't Easily Find Justice on Its Own</a></b>
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The world must not give up its effort to bring Khmer Rouge leadership to justice.
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Recommending mammography for women aged 50 to   69 is still sound public policy for the   age group as a whole, but given the   uncertainties about benefits, the decisions of individual women about  mammography may differ.
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