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Thursday, January 31, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I'll send in heavy armor. I'll send in multiple rocket
launchers, I'll fire, and fire, and fire, all night and all
day, until I bring this to a finish."
-PADSHA KHAN ZADRAN, one of two warlords whose forces clashed on Wednesday in
Gardez, Afghanistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/asia/31FIGH.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Suspect Calls Malaysia a Staging Area for Terror Attacks

An operative of Al Qaeda provided new evidence to show that
the Southeast Asian nation was a major staging area for the
Sept. 11 terror attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/national/31INQU.html?todaysheadlines

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Suspect Walks Off as Explosive Is Detected

An air passenger whose shoes tripped an alert for possible
explosives walked past security agents at San Francisco
International Airport.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/national/31AIRP.html?todaysheadlines

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Science Will Catch Up at Waste Site, U.S. Says

The Energy Department plans to ask permission to dispose of
nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada before it has
finished designing the repository.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/national/31YUCC.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Bush Aides Say Tough Tone Put Foes on Notice

President Bush decided to lump Iran and North Korea with
Iraq despite the fact that the two nations have sought
improved relations with the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/31PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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Rich and Powerful Gathering at Elite Forum on Economy

Participants were gathering in New York City for the opening
today of the World Economic Forum, an event that brings
together the world's movers and shakers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/31FORU.html?todaysheadlines

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Fighting Erupts in Afghan City as Warlords Compete for Power

After two months of rising tensions between rival warlords
across Afghanistan, the strategic city of Gardez erupted
Wednesday in heavy fighting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/asia/31FIGH.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Fed Holds Steady on Interest Rates as Economy Firms

The Federal Reserve brought its yearlong campaign of
interest rate cuts to an apparent end Wednesday, voting to
hold rates steady and citing signs of an incipient
recovery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/31ECON.html?todaysheadlines

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General Accounting Office to Sue White House

To force the release of files detailing contacts between the
administration's energy task force and executives, the
agency said that it would sue the White House.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/31GAO.html?todaysheadlines

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Board Dashes Cold Water on Public Feud at Viacom

Directors of Viacom told Sumner M. Redstone, the company's
chairman and C.E.O., and Mel Karmazin, the company's
president and C.O.O., to end their public disagreements.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/media/31VIAC.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Plaintiffs Sought Timeout After Turn in Napster Case

The major record companies that are seeking a temporary
suspension in their lawsuit against Napster, were about to
face inquiries into their own behavior on maintaining
copyrights.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/technology/31NAPS.html?todaysheadlines

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AT&T and AOL Are Very Different and Yet Very Much Alike

As AT&T and AOL Time Warner both reported quarterly
financial results, it became clear that there were
important similarities in the challenges they face.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/31PLAC.html?todaysheadlines

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Some States Track Parolees by Satellite

In the United States 150,000 offenders are subject to
electronic supervision like G.P.S. tracking, home
monitoring systems and mandatory telephone checks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/technology/circuits/31IDEN.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Bush Budget Will Seek Cuts in Programs for Job Training

Despite an increase in unemployment, President   Bush's
budget will seek cuts in several job-training programs for
laid-off workers and young adults.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/politics/31BUDG.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Aides Say Tough Tone Put Foes on Notice

President Bush decided to lump Iran and North Korea with
Iraq despite the fact that the two nations have sought
improved relations with the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/31PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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President Seeks Volunteers in Fight Against Terrorism

President Bush said that he would create a volunteer agency
called Citizen Corps to engage Americans in protecting
against terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/politics/31BUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Brady Will Start for Patriots

New England Coach Bill Belichick chose Tom Brady, who
sprained his ankle against the Steelers on Sunday, to start
Super Bowl XXXVI.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/sports/football/31PATS.html?todaysheadlines

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Yashin Rips Richter and Rangers

Aleksei Yashin scored three times in the first period to
lead the Islanders to a thumping of the Rangers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/sports/hockey/31RANG.html?todaysheadlines

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Tyson Investigated in Another Rape Complaint

The Las Vegas police are investigating a second complaint,
this time by a woman who said Mike Tyson raped her at his
home in November 2000.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/sports/othersports/31TYSO.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Moving Mendelssohn Beyond Weddings

A conductor and a musicologist hope to catalog and record
the ever-growing canon of the composer best known for "The
Wedding March."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/arts/music/31FELI.html?todaysheadlines

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Black Musician, Beaten by Spanish Police, to Miss Concert

Rodney Mack, the principal trumpet player for the Barcelona
Symphony Orchestra, was beaten so badly by police in
Barcelona that he will be unable to appear at Carnegie Hall
on Feb. 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/arts/music/31TRUM.html?todaysheadlines

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Old Masters Generate Mixed Results at Auctions

Prices paid for artists like van Dyck and Romney broke
records, but some paintings that had been on the auction
market a little too recently were bargains.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/arts/design/31MAST.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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In First Address to Council, Mayor Warns of Cutbacks

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg vowed to rebuild New York from
the Sept. 11 attack, but warned of the difficulty of
closing the city's budget deficit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/31BLOO.html?todaysheadlines

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Appearing in the Role of Evil: The Other Side

The first act of a major theatrical production opens today
as thousands gather inside the Waldorf-Astoria for an
exclusive event called the World Economic Forum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/31STRE.html?todaysheadlines

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9/11 in Firefighters' Words: Surreal Chaos and Hazy Heroics

In interviews with Fire Department investigators,
firefighters who responded to the Sept. 11 attack described
the day's turmoil.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/31FIRE.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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'To Fight Freedom's Fight'
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
President Bush's refusal "to leave terror states unchecked"
leaves only secondary decisions: when and how to attack the
nations he identified as the "axis of evil," North Korea,
Iran and Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/opinion/31SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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As Bush's Stature Rises . . .
By BOB HERBERT
It will take a lot more than Dick Gephardt's tepid address
on Tuesday night to interfere with the bond that is
developing between President  Bush and the American people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/opinion/31HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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Why Are Globalizers So Provincial?
By ALICE H. AMSDEN
A smattering of rich countries exercises leadership in
international organizations and world markets, despite the
principle of a   level playing field.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/opinion/31AMSD.html?todaysheadlines

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