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<font size="2">"We don't leave Americans behind." <br>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/international/asia/06FIGH.html?todaysheadlines">BRIG. GEN. JOHN W. ROSA, Jr.,</a>describing a raid in Afghanistan in which seven died.


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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/national/06CALI.html?todaysheadlines">Novice Wins G.O.P. Primary for Governor of California</a></b><br>
In a stunning upset, Bill Simon Jr. won the Republican primary for California governor on Tuesday, overwhelming Richard Riordan, the former mayor of Los Angeles.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/national/06PRIE.html?todaysheadlines">Archdiocese Nears Accord in Abuse Suits</a></b><br>
The Archdiocese of Boston has tentatively agreed   to pay up to $30 million to settle cases against a former priest accused of molesting nearly 200 children.
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The added resources at border crossings are helping to field more contraband than before.
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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/2002/03/06/international/middleeast/06ISRA.html?todaysheadlines">Syria Chief Backs Saudi Peace Plan as Mideast Boils</a></b><br>
Syria expressed support on Tuesday for a Saudi peace proposal for the Middle East as violence surged in the area, again aimed at children and civilians.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/international/asia/06AFGH.html?todaysheadlines">Americans Battling Closer to Qaeda Bunkers</a></b><br>
American-led troops were said in some places to have pushed to within a few hundred feet of where enemy fighters appeared to have dug in for a final stand.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/international/asia/06INQU.html?todaysheadlines">Intercepted Al Qaeda E-Mail Is Said to Hint at Regrouping</a></b><br>
Newly detected Internet traffic indicates that elements of Al Qaeda may be trying to regroup in Pakistan near the Afghan border.
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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/2002/03/06/business/06ASSE.html?todaysheadlines">Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand</a></b><br>
In imposing tariffs on imported steel, President Bush was gambling that he could help domestic steel makers without endangering the economic recovery.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/technology/06HEWL.html?todaysheadlines">Hewlett-Packard Gains Key Backing for Compaq Merger</a></b><br>
An influential investor advisory firm recommended that shareholders vote in favor of Hewlett-Packard's plan to buy Compaq Computer.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/business/06ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Bond Insurers Win Round in Enron Case</a></b><br>
A federal judge rejected an effort by J. P. Morgan Chase to compel insurers to honor almost $1 billion   in bonds issued to guarantee certain transactions by Enron.
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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/2002/03/06/technology/06HEWL.html?todaysheadlines">Hewlett-Packard Gains Key Backing for Compaq Merger</a></b><br>
An influential investor advisory firm recommended that shareholders vote in favor of Hewlett-Packard's plan to buy Compaq Computer.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/technology/06GLOB.html?todaysheadlines">Fresh Interest in a Global Crossing Bid</a></b><br>
Platinum Equity said that it was considering bidding for the assets of Global Crossing, a fiber optic cable company that has filed for bankruptcy protection.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/international/asia/06INQU.html?todaysheadlines">Intercepted Al Qaeda E-Mail Is Said to Hint at Regrouping</a></b><br>
Newly detected Internet traffic indicates that elements of Al Qaeda may be trying to regroup in Pakistan near the Afghan border.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/politics/06COND.html?todaysheadlines">Condit Loses House Race to Former Aide</a></b><br>
Representative Gary A. Condit lost the Democratic primary for his seat to Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza on Tuesday night.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/politics/06DONA.html?todaysheadlines">Delay Tactics Set the Stage for a Showdown on Campaign Financing Bill</a></b><br>
A Senate confrontation over changing the   campaign finance law now appears likely after one Republican blocked the measure from coming to   a swift vote.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/business/06STEE.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Puts Tariffs of as Much as 30% on Steel Imports</a></b><br>
Taking broad federal action, President Bush imposed tariffs on most types of steel imported into the United States from Europe, Asia and South America.
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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/2002/03/06/sports/basketball/06NETS.html?todaysheadlines">Lakers Hold Off the Nets</a></b><br>
The Nets stormed back to take a lead in the fourth quarter but were unable to hold on in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/sports/ncaabasketball/06EAST.html?todaysheadlines">In Upended Big East, First Round Matters Most</a></b><br>
It used to be that Friday night was the must-attend session of the Big East tournament. Now, it is the   first-round games on Wednesday.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/sports/baseball/06SOXX.html?todaysheadlines">Red Sox Fire Manager</a></b><br>
Boston Red Sox Manager Joe Kerrigan was fired by the team's new owners and replaced on an interim basis by the third-base coach, Mike Cubbage.
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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/2002/03/06/movies/06DIVA.html?todaysheadlines">Hollywood Bound? Good Luck, Divas</a></b><br>
As Mariah Carey's disastrous experience   with "Glitter" proved last year, the road to Hollywood is littered with the carcasses of unwatched pop-star movies.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/arts/television/06JAME.html?todaysheadlines">Experiencing 9/11, From the Inside</a></b><br>
The two-hour documentary "9/11," to be broadcast on CBS on Sunday night, has such immediacy that it brings back how unimaginable the events of that day once seemed.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/arts/design/06BOXE.html?todaysheadlines">Prayerfully and Powerfully, New York City Before and After</a></b><br>
A three-part show of photographs at the Museum of Modern Art offers views of life in New York City before and after Sept. 11.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/nyregion/06JOBS.html?todaysheadlines">Worst Job Loss for New York in a Decade</a></b><br>
New York City lost 36,000 more jobs than the state's original estimate of 96,500, mostly reflecting aftershocks from Sept. 11.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/nyregion/06COLL.html?todaysheadlines">Rules are Sought to Help High-Rises Endure Disaster</a></b><br>
Investigators and federal officials are calling for the adoption of new standards that would require new buildings to be more resistant to attack.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/nyregion/06LOUI.html?todaysheadlines">State Charges of Obstruction May Be Possible in Louima Case</a></b><br>
The three police officers in the Abner Louima case who were acquitted on federal charges may still face obstruction-of-justice charges.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/opinion/06FRIE.html?todaysheadlines">The Core of Muslim Rage</a></b>
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Why is it that when Hindus kill Muslims it elicits an emotionally muted headline in the Arab media, but when Israel kills a dozen Muslims it inflames the entire Muslim world?
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/opinion/06DOWD.html?todaysheadlines">The Dude in the Python</a></b>
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Media buyers and advertisers think younger viewers are more valuable not because they spend more money    no one spends more dough more   frivolously than boomers  but because they are more elusive.
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It  is  one  of  the  ironies  of  India's   muddled march into the 21st century   that it has a technologically inspired   vision of the future  yet appears   shackled to the dogmas of the past.
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