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TOP STORIES--
.....Hamas, Fatah cease-fire begins
.....Balance of power shifts across Senate aisle

WORLD NEWS--
.....Hamas, Fatah cease-fire begins
.....Nepal orders second curfew
.....Search continues for missing caver
.....China kindergarten fire kills 13 toddlers

U.S. NEWS--
.....U.S. to resume limited military links with China
.....Commission: Florida election unfair to blacks
.....Two police shot; suspect holes up in grocery
.....Study: Boys who find guns will likely handle them

BUSINESS--
.....Wall Street watching OPEC meeting
.....Unconcerned OPEC delays Iraq decision
.....Bertelsmann plans restructuring before IPO
.....General Mills hikes prices of its cereals

SPORTS--
.....WR Jerry Rice crossing bay to join Raiders
.....Agassi fights off pesky Squillari at French Open
.....Supreme Court backs another golfer's cart case
.....Iverson's 44 leads Sixers past Bucks, into Finals

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TOP STORIES
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> HAMAS, FATAH CEASE-FIRE BEGINS


A cease-fire called by the Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah began Tuesday,
but came with the promise of renewed attacks if Israel does not observe one as
well.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/06/05/mideast.violence/index.html
> BALANCE OF POWER SHIFTS ACROSS SENATE AISLE


The Senate returns Tuesday to a political reversal of fortunes -- with
Republicans in the minority and Democrats in control for the first time in six
years. Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota becomes majority leader and takes on
the task of negotiating the reorganization of the Senate.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/04/senate.power.shift/index.html

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WORLD NEWS
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> HAMAS, FATAH CEASE-FIRE BEGINS


A cease-fire called by the Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah began Tuesday,
but came with the promise of renewed attacks if Israel does not observe one as
well.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/06/05/mideast.violence/index.html

> NEPAL ORDERS SECOND CURFEW


Nepal places a new curfew in the capital of Kathmandu one day after a new king
was crowned amid violent protests sparked by last Friday's massacre of nine
royals.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/05/nepal.shooting/index.html

> SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING CAVER


Rescue workers have entered a 70-meter deep cave in southern France in an
attempt to rescue a caver who disappeared early on Monday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/05/france.spelunker/index.html


.....More World stories at http://www.cnn.com/WORLD


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U.S. NEWS
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> U.S. TO RESUME LIMITED MILITARY LINKS WITH CHINA


U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said he will resume limited military
links with China.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/06/04/rumsfeld.china.02/index.html

> COMMISSION: FLORIDA ELECTION UNFAIR TO BLACKS


A divided U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has concluded that minority voters
were unjustly penalized by the way the 2000 presidential election was conducted
in Florida.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/civilrights.florida.ap/index.html

> TWO POLICE SHOT; SUSPECT HOLES UP IN GROCERY


Police say a man shot two police officers -- one of them critically -- and then
barricaded himself inside a Lindenhurst, Illinois, supermarket Monday evening.
He continued to hold dozens of police at bay into the early morning hours of
Tuesday, officials said.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/06/05/police.shooting/index.html


.....More U.S. stories at http://www.cnn.com/US


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BUSINESS from CNNfn
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> WALL STREET WATCHING OPEC MEETING


The task of keeping American gasoline tanks full will pump up Wall Street's
attention Tuesday as investors watch the start of an OPEC meeting on oil
production in Vienna, Austria.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/05/markets/stockswatch/

> UNCONCERNED OPEC DELAYS IRAQ DECISION


OPEC ministers said Tuesday there would be plenty of oil on hand despite Iraq's
decision to halt most of its crude oil exports in violation of a United Nations
agreement. But the cartel appeared set to postpone a decision on how to respond
to the stoppage.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/05/news/wires/opec_wg/

> BERTELSMANN PLANS RESTRUCTURING BEFORE IPO


Europe's largest media group Bertelsmann plans an overhaul and asset sales
ahead of becoming a public company, a report said on Tuesday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/05/europe/bertels/


.....More Business stories at http://CNNfn.com

.....For market numbers see http://CNNfn.com/markets


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Sports from CNN/SI
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> WR JERRY RICE CROSSING BAY TO JOIN RAIDERS


Jerry Rice's record-setting 16-year NFL career will continue with the Oakland
Raiders.Rice, who holds almost every NFL receiving record, has spent his
entire career with the 49ers, but is being cut because of the team's salary cap
problems.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/football/nfl/news/2001/06/04/raiders_rice_ap/

> AGASSI FIGHTS OFF PESKY SQUILLARI AT FRENCH OPEN


For three hours Andre Agassi and Franco Squillari wore tracks behind the
baseline.But because Agassi is in the best shape of his life at 31, he found
a higher gear in the final set just as his 25-year-old opponent faded.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/tennis/2001/french_open/news/2001/06/04/french_open_ap/

> SUPREME COURT BACKS ANOTHER GOLFER'S CART CASE


Following up on its ruling that Casey Martin can use a cart on the PGA Tour,
the Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court's ruling against another
disabled golfer who made the same request. Ford Olinger, who has a
degenerative hip, had unsuccessfully sued the U.S. Golf Association for the
right to use a cart in U.S. Open qualifying.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/golf/news/2001/06/04/cart_ruling_ap/


.....More Sports stories at http://CNNSI.com

.....For scores see http://CNNSI.com/scoreboards


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POLITICS from AllPolitics
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> GOP LEADER WARNS OF SENATE REORGANIZATION WRANGLE


A top Senate Republican leader warned Sunday that the GOP may put roadblocks in
the way of the chamber's transition to Democratic control this week unless they
get assurances that President Bush's nominees won't be blocked in committee.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/senate.reorganization/index.html

> BUSH TO HIGHLIGHT COMMITMENT TO EVERGLADES


President Bush is renewing his pledge to help restore the Florida Everglades,
with a tour later Monday of the celebrated but scarred wetlands.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/04/bush.florida.ap/index.html

> NEW SENATE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN PLANS HEARINGS INTO FBI


The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he intends
to hold "very serious hearings" into what he terms "egregious problems" within
the FBI.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/senate.fbi.review/index.html

> TAX REBATES TO START COMING IN JULY, O'NEILL SAYS


Uncle Sam will send a letter to taxpayers July 12, telling them how much they
will get back under President Bush's recently approved tax plan and when that
check will arrive, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Sunday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/oneill.rebates/index.html


.....More Politics stories at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS

.....Commentary & cartoons at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/


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SCI-TECH
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> NASA FAILS TO FLY FASTEST PLANE


The X-43A, a "hypersonic" experimental aircraft attached to a Pegasus booster
rocket, failed the first of three planned test flights Saturday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/06/02/fastestplane/index.html

> UNIVERSITY COMPUTERS A PRIME TARGETS FOR HACKERS


Novice hackers who hone their skills amid a higher education culture known for
lax security and free exchange of ideas are now becoming more prevalent.
University computer systems also attract experienced hackers. Huge hard drives
make it easy to store illicit software and fast Internet access affords the
perfect staging ground for devastating attacks on corporate Web sites.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/06/01/hacking.colleges.ap/index.html

> UNEARTH YOUR TAX SAVINGS ON THE WEB


"How much am I going to save?"That's the question on most people's minds when
talk turns to President Bush's $1.35 trillion federal tax relief plan. Now you
can find out -- or at least get an educated guess -- thanks to a free online
calculator that uses income figures and other data to estimate your savings
over the next ten years.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/06/01/intuit.calculator.idg/index.html

> POWER-CRUNCHED CALIFORNIANS SEE THE SOLAR LIGHT


Many Californians are enduring pricey electric bills and rolling power outages
during the current energy crunch. But some residents have avoided such
headaches by getting themselves off the electrical grid and on alternative
energy.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/06/01/solar.power/index.html


.....More Sci-Tech stories at http://www.cnn.com/TECH

.....What's new in high-tech? See http://www.cnn.com/TECH/index.html#tomtod




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HEALTH
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> DIAGNOSIS: AIDS THEN AND NOW



While scientists concede they may be far from a cure, today's AIDS drugs "are
nothing short of miraculous," says Dr. Jim Curran, head of the first government
task force on what was later called AIDS. Diagnosis of AIDS in the 1980s was
most often associated with quick death. It took more than a decade for
scientists to make real progress in prolonging and improving the lives of
people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.



.... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/aids/stories/diagnosis.then.now/index.html

> THIRD CASE OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDES DIAGNOSED IN OHIO


A third case of Neisseria meningitides was diagnosed in this northeastern
OhioSaturday, after two teenagers died of the bacterial infection, and
healthauthorities have ordered most of the city's residents to undergo a
preventiveantibiotic treatment.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/06/02/ohio.meningitides/index.html

> FDA REPORTEDLY PROBES THYROID DRUG


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told Abbott Laboratories that its
thyroid drug Synthroid has a "history of problems" and cannot be recognized as
"safe and effective," according to a published report Friday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/01/companies/synthroid/

> GONORRHEA CASES INCREASE AMONG US HOMOSEXUAL MEN


Rates of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea have shown a disturbing
increase among homosexual and bisexual men in the United States, federal health
officials said Thursday in a finding that suggests a rise in risky sexual
behavior that also could lead to AIDS.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/06/01/gays.gonorrhea.reut/index.html


.....More Health stories at http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH





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ENTERTAINMENT
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> 'THE PRODUCERS' WINS A RECORD 12 TONY AWARDS


"The Producers," a musical satire of Broadway that makes fun of Jews, gays, old
women and Hitler, high-kicked its way to a record 12 Tony Awards Sunday night
in what amounted to a coronation of the biggest theater hit in New York in 25
years.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/06/04/tonys.awards.reut/index.html

> TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER ANTHONY QUINN DIES


Actor Anthony Quinn, best remembered for roles in "Zorba the Greek" and
"Lawrence of Arabia," died Sunday. He was 86.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/06/04/obit.quinn/index.html

> 'PEARL HARBOR' HOLDS OFF 'SHREK' AT BOX OFFICE


After suffering a heavy artillery attack from critics, the World War II epic
romance "Pearl Harbor" clung to the No. 1 spot at the North American weekend
box office, barely holding off the hit cartoon "Shrek," according to studio
estimates issued Sunday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/03/leisure.boxoffice.reut/index.html

> RAPPER GETS 10 YEARS FOR NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING


Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for shooting
and wounding two people during a dispute between rap impresario Sean "Puffy"
Combs and another man in a Times Square nightclub.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/01/puffycombs.protege.ap/index.html


.....More Entertainment stories at http://www.cnn.com/ENTERTAINMENT



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