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<font size="2">"We're resilient; this is New Orleans. But how are we just
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need our fix." <br>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/sports/football/29ORLE.html?todaysheadlines">ARTHUR HARDY,</a>publisher of a Mardi Gras guide, on the city's decision to
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/olympics/29SECU.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Is Requesting Tighter Security at Utah Olympics</a></b><br>
Out of concern that some sites have not been adequately protected, the Justice Department has requested major security changes at the Olympic Games.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/business/29ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Says Privacy Is Needed on Data From Enron Talks</a></b><br>
President Bush on Monday defended his refusal to turn over information to Congress about contacts between Enron and the administration's energy task force.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/national/29CAMP.html?todaysheadlines">Act on Clean-Elections Law, Court Orders</a></b><br>
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has brought back a statute long believed dead: the Massachusetts Clean Elections Law.
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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/2002/01/29/international/americas/29DETA.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Reconsiders Stand on Treating Captives of War</a></b><br>
President Bush said he was reconsidering the question of whether detainees held in Guant&#225;namo Bay, Cuba, should be protected under the Geneva Convention.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/international/middleeast/29SAUD.html?todaysheadlines">Saudi Affirms U.S. Ties but Says Bush Ignores Palestinians' Cause</a></b><br>
In a rare interview, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia embraced the United States as a close friend, but criticized American policy in the Middle East.
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President Bush vowed to build "a lasting partnership" with Afghanistan, by helping it train forces and offering $50 million in credit for private investments.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/business/29ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Says Privacy Is Needed on Data From Enron Talks</a></b><br>
President Bush on Monday defended his refusal to turn over information to Congress about contacts between Enron and the administration's energy task force.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/technology/29GLOB.html?todaysheadlines">In Another Big Bankruptcy, a Fiber Optic Venture Fails</a></b><br>
Global Crossing, which spent five years and $15 billion to build a worldwide network of high-speed Internet and telephone lines, filed for bankruptcy protection.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/business/29XERO.html?todaysheadlines">Back From the Brink, Xerox Posts a Return to Operating Profit</a></b><br>
It appears that the pain of cutting jobs, selling assets and fighting off allegations of accounting irregularities have paid off for Xerox.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/technology/29GLOB.html?todaysheadlines">In Another Big Bankruptcy, a Fiber Optic Venture Fails</a></b><br>
Global Crossing, which spent five years and $15 billion to build a worldwide network of high-speed Internet and telephone lines, filed for bankruptcy protection.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/business/29XERO.html?todaysheadlines">Back From the Brink, Xerox Posts a Return to Operating Profit</a></b><br>
It appears that the pain of cutting jobs, selling assets and fighting off allegations of accounting irregularities have paid off for Xerox.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/technology/29YEN.html?todaysheadlines">Chip Makers in Japan See Only Trouble</a></b><br>
Toshiba and Fujitsu are scheduled to announce results on Tuesday for the third fiscal quarter, and both are expected to be severely downbeat.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/international/americas/29DETA.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Reconsiders Stand on Treating Captives of War</a></b><br>
President Bush said he was reconsidering the question of whether detainees held in Guant&#225;namo Bay, Cuba, should be protected under the Geneva Convention.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/politics/29MEDI.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Proposes Drug Benefit for the Low-Income Elderly</a></b><br>
President Bush on Monday proposed spending $190 billion over the next decade to overhaul Medicare and provide prescription-drug benefits to the elderly.
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President Bush on Monday defended his refusal to turn over information to Congress about contacts between Enron and the administration's energy task force.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/sports/football/29PATS.html?todaysheadlines">Belichick Dodges, Parries and Wins</a></b><br>
Coach Bill Belichick summoned his flat-line voice and inscrutable facial expressions when asked about the Patriots' quarterback situation.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/olympics/29SECU.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Is Requesting Tighter Security at Utah Olympics</a></b><br>
Out of concern that some sites have not been adequately protected, the Justice Department has requested major security changes at the Olympic Games.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/sports/basketball/29PAIN-FINAL.html?todaysheadlines">Concern Over Health Risk Stemming Use of Painkillers</a></b><br>
Since Alonzo Mourning was found to have a kidney disorder, many players in the N.B.A. have grown concerned about the use of anti-inflammatory drugs.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/arts/29NOTE.html?todaysheadlines">Jewish Museum Show Looks Nazis in the Face and Creates a Fuss</a></b><br>
The show's   idea, the museum says, is to bring together   works using images of Nazis and the Holocaust that focus not on the victims but on the   perpetrators for a change.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/arts/29HEMI.html?todaysheadlines">The Old Man Who Loved the Sea, and Papa</a></b><br>
When Gregorio Fuentes, Ernest Hemingway's fishing companion and confidant, died earlier this month in Cuba, the sadness spread back to the Chicago suburb where Hemingway was born and raised.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/arts/dance/29CANA.html?todaysheadlines">Flamenco Dares the Unpredictable</a></b><br>
Flamenco, for all its strictly defined musical and dance forms, is an art of extremes.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29DOWN.html?todaysheadlines">Seeking Safety, Manhattan Firms are Scattering</a></b><br>
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Marsh &amp; McClennan are all planning on decentralizing their operations, part of a trend that does not bode well for Lower Manhattan.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29FORU.html?todaysheadlines">Huge Police Presence Is Readied for World Economic Forum</a></b><br>
Protesters at the World Economic Forum later this week can expect to see 3,800 police officers with zero tolerance for any violations of the law.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29LOBB.html?todaysheadlines">Bloomberg Is Increasing City Lobbying in Washington</a></b><br>
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has started to aggressively lobby on Capitol Hill to put New York City's needs front and center with the nation's lawmakers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/opinion/29KRUG.html?todaysheadlines">The Great Divide</a></b>
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By PAUL KRUGMAN
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I predict that in   the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11,   will come to be seen as the greater   turning point in American society.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/opinion/29TELH.html?todaysheadlines">A Need for Prudence in the Persian Gulf</a></b>
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Over time, the United States and Saudi   Arabia should begin talks to reduce   the American military presence, because our mutual interests will require that change.
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The Argentines now returning to   Spain are very different from their   grandparents, many of whom were   poor Spanish emigrants.
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