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<font size="2">"I'll send in heavy armor. I'll send in multiple rocket
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/national/31INQU.html?todaysheadlines">Suspect Calls Malaysia a Staging Area for Terror Attacks</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/national/31AIRP.html?todaysheadlines">Suspect Walks Off as Explosive Is Detected</a></b><br>
An air passenger whose shoes tripped an alert for possible explosives walked past security agents at San Francisco International Airport.
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The Energy Department plans to ask permission to dispose of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada before it has finished designing the repository.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/31PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Aides Say Tough Tone Put Foes on Notice</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/31FORU.html?todaysheadlines">Rich and Powerful Gathering at Elite Forum on Economy</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/asia/31FIGH.html?todaysheadlines">Fighting Erupts in Afghan City as Warlords Compete for Power</a></b><br>
After two months of rising tensions between rival warlords across Afghanistan, the strategic city of Gardez erupted Wednesday in heavy fighting.
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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/2002/01/31/business/31ECON.html?todaysheadlines">Fed Holds Steady on Interest Rates as Economy Firms</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/31GAO.html?todaysheadlines">General Accounting Office to Sue White House</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/media/31VIAC.html?todaysheadlines">Board Dashes Cold Water on Public Feud at Viacom</a></b><br>
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.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>TECHNOLOGY</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/technology/31NAPS.html?todaysheadlines">Plaintiffs Sought Timeout After Turn in Napster Case</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/business/31PLAC.html?todaysheadlines">AT&amp;T and AOL Are Very Different and Yet Very Much Alike</a></b><br>
As AT&amp;T and AOL Time Warner both reported quarterly financial results, it became clear that there were   important similarities in the challenges they face.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/technology/circuits/31IDEN.html?todaysheadlines">Some States Track Parolees by Satellite</a></b><br>
In the United States 150,000 offenders are subject to electronic supervision like G.P.S. tracking, home monitoring systems and mandatory telephone checks.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>POLITICS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/politics/31BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Budget Will Seek Cuts in Programs for Job Training</a></b><br>
Despite an increase in unemployment, President   Bush's budget will seek cuts in several job-training programs for laid-off workers and young adults.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/international/31PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Aides Say Tough Tone Put Foes on Notice</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/politics/31BUSH.html?todaysheadlines">President Seeks Volunteers in Fight Against Terrorism</a></b><br>
President Bush said that he would create a volunteer agency called Citizen Corps to engage Americans in protecting against terrorism.
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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/2002/01/31/sports/football/31PATS.html?todaysheadlines">Brady Will Start for Patriots</a></b><br>
New England Coach Bill Belichick chose Tom Brady, who sprained his ankle against the Steelers on Sunday, to start Super Bowl XXXVI.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/sports/hockey/31RANG.html?todaysheadlines">Yashin Rips Richter and Rangers</a></b><br>
Aleksei Yashin scored three times in the first period to lead the Islanders to a thumping of the Rangers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/sports/othersports/31TYSO.html?todaysheadlines">Tyson Investigated in Another Rape Complaint</a></b><br>
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.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/arts/music/31FELI.html?todaysheadlines">Moving Mendelssohn Beyond Weddings</a></b><br>
A conductor and a musicologist hope to catalog and record the ever-growing canon of the composer best known for "The Wedding March."
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/arts/music/31TRUM.html?todaysheadlines">Black Musician, Beaten by Spanish Police, to Miss Concert</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/arts/design/31MAST.html?todaysheadlines">Old Masters Generate Mixed Results at Auctions</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/31BLOO.html?todaysheadlines">In First Address to Council, Mayor Warns of Cutbacks</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/31STRE.html?todaysheadlines">Appearing in the Role of Evil: The Other Side</a></b><br>
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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/31FIRE.html?todaysheadlines">9/11 in Firefighters' Words: Surreal Chaos and Hazy Heroics</a></b><br>
In interviews with Fire Department investigators, firefighters who responded to the Sept. 11 attack described the day's turmoil.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/opinion/31SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">'To Fight Freedom's Fight'</a></b>
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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.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/opinion/31HERB.html?todaysheadlines">As Bush's Stature Rises . . .</a></b>
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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.
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A smattering of rich countries exercises leadership in international organizations and world markets, despite the principle of a   level playing field.
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