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Sunday, January 13, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We will take strict action against any Pakistani who is
involved in terrorism inside the country or abroad."
-PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, of Pakistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/international/asia/13STAN.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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U.S. Selling Papers Showing How to Make Germ Weapons

Months into an expanded war on bioterrorism, the government
is still making available hundreds of documents that tell
how to turn germs into deadly weapons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/national/13GERM.html?todaysheadlines

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Bodies of Five Marines Found in Pakistan

Military investigators have recovered the bodies of five  of
the seven marines killed when their   plane crashed in
Pakistan this week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/national/_13CRAS.html?todaysheadlines

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Top Credentials Sought for Airport Security Jobs

The Department of Transportation  wants security directors
at large airports to make up to $150,000 a year  and to
have advanced degrees.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/national/13SCRE.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Pakistani Leader Pledges to Bar Any Groups Linked to Terror

Gen. Pervez Musharraf pledged that his country would not be
used as a base for terrorism of any kind and announced a
broad ban on militant groups.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/international/asia/13STAN.html?todaysheadlines

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United States Should Join Peacekeepers, Biden Says

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said
on Saturday that the United States should take part in a
multinational military force to restore order to
Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/international/asia/13AFGH.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Holding British Subject in Detention at Cuba Base

The United States has notified Britain that a British
subject is one of the 20 detainees from Afghanistan being
held at the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/international/13MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Before Debacle, Enron Insiders Cashed in $1.1 Billion in
Shares

Some shareholders and lawmakers are focusing not on the
money lost in Enron's collapse but on  insiders who made
millions selling shares at the top of the market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/business/13SELL.html?todaysheadlines

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A Tattered Andersen Fights for Its Future

Besides Enron itself, no company has been more seriously
wounded by its collapse than Arthur Andersen & Company,
one of the world's largest accounting firms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/business/yourmoney/13ANDE.html?todaysheadlines

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For Women, to Soar Is Rare, to Fall Is Human

As Hewlett-Packard's Carleton S. Fiorina battles to complete
a merger with Compaq Computer, her success or failure could
be viewd as a poignant symbol of women in the corporate
world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/business/yourmoney/13WOME.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Faces and Tickers and Blurbs, Oh My!

Anyone who tries to listen to a news anchor while reading
the various tickers all over the screen may come away
thinking that bin Laden looks elegant at 35, while Julia
Roberts remains at large.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/technology/13SLAS.html?todaysheadlines

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Put Away the Slide Projector

Photo-development services can post vacation photos on a Web
site and let you edit them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/travel/13CYBE.html?todaysheadlines

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Federal Judge Deals Setback to Microsoft in Private Suits

Microsoft suffered a setback in its recent campaign to
resolve its legal problems, when a federal judge rejected a
proposed settlement of more than 100 private class-action
suits against the company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/12/technology/12SOFT.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Cyrus R. Vance, a Confidant to Presidents, Is Dead at 84

Cyrus R. Vance, who after two decades in public service was
appointed secretary of state, died Saturday afternoon in
New York. He was 84.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/obituaries/13VANC.html?todaysheadlines

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Before Debacle, Enron Insiders Cashed in $1.1 Billion in
Shares

Some shareholders and lawmakers are focusing not on the
money lost in Enron's collapse but on  insiders who made
millions selling shares at the top of the market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/business/13SELL.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Seeks Aid for World Bank, Conditionally

President Bush will ask Congress to base future increases in
aid to poor countries on evidence that the aid is actually
bringing progress in such areas as education, trade and the
environment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/international/13AID.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Jets' Offense Can't Keep Up

The Jets could not keep up with the Raiders' old guys, Jerry
Rice and Tim Brown, in Saturday night's loss in Oakland.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/sports/football/13JETS.html?todaysheadlines

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Watch Out! Here Comes Terrell Owens

Eighty-eight players in the 1996 draft were plucked   before
Terrell Owens, who does not like being ingnored.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/sports/football/13OWEN.html?todaysheadlines

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Bucs' Poor Effort Leaves Dungy in Limbo

Donovan McNabb led the Philadelphia Eagles to a win over the
Buccaneers that might have cost Tampa Bay Coach Tony Dungy
his job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/sports/football/13PHIL.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Out of Minimalism, Monuments to Memory

Minimalism, of all improbable art movements of the last 50
years, has become the unofficial language of memorial art.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/arts/design/13KIMM.html?todaysheadlines

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Sacrifice Goes With the Territory at Mabou Mines

"Ecco Porco," a nearly four-hour comic   spectacle, is both
a portrait of the Mabou Mines theater group, and a
retrospective for Lee Breuer,  one of the company's
founders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/arts/theater/13SHEW.html?todaysheadlines

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A Soundtrack to the Heyday of the 18-Wheeler

A new CD collection of old 78's and 75's evokes the faded
glory of a subgenre of country music: truck driving songs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/arts/music/13FRIS.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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In the Pit, Dark Relics and Last Obstacles

With no buildings remaining above street level at ground
zero, the army of laborers have moved underground, where
they face more complicated and dangerous tasks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/nyregion/13SITE.html?todaysheadlines

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The Health Card

Gov. George E. Pataki's health care plan is seen as good
politics and bad policy in an election year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/nyregion/13HEAL.html?todaysheadlines

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In Yonkers, Cooler Heads Look Back at Years of Desegregation

As Yonkers gets a chance to move past a bitter desegregation
case, witnesses are remembering years of division and
stagnation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/education/13YONK.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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'Will & Will,' 24/7
By MAUREEN DOWD
The proliferation of kiddiecentric cable channels has
allowed parents and kids to avoid each other completely.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/opinion/13DOWD.html?todaysheadlines

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The Talk of Kabul
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
With half of Afghanistan in the same shape as ground zero,
we might as well be doing nation-building on the moon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/opinion/13FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Will Bush Bring the Party With Him?
By ANDREW KOHUT
The question is not so much whether the president's ratings
will falter this year but the larger political significance
of those ratings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/opinion/13KOHU.html?todaysheadlines

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