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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We will do all we can to help the process along. We will
push and prod. We will present ideas."
-COLIN L. POWELL, secretary of state, on joining the Middle East peace
process.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/middleeast/20DIPL.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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4 Commanders Seek Staff Role for the F.B.I.

The military's major regional commanders have asked that
F.B.I. and Treasury Department agents be assigned to their
staffs to improve coordination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/national/20COMM.html?todaysheadlines

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Holiday Travel Volume Looks Steady, but Americans Are
Staying Close to the Ground

Evidence suggests that Americans are scrambling in almost
the same numbers   at least on the ground  as last year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/national/20TRAV.html?todaysheadlines

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Muslim Group Seeks to Meet Billy Graham's Son

A Muslim advocacy organization sent a letter to the Rev.
Franklin Graham, to discuss remarks that Mr. Graham made
describing Islam as evil.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/national/20GRAH.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Alliance in Kabul Will Share Power, U.S. Envoy Reports

The Northern Alliance is said to have agreed to surrender
power in the Afghan capital to a transitional government
that will be broad-based and multiethnic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/asia/20ALLI.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Tells Afghans of Rewards for bin Laden

The United States broadcast a new radio message announcing a
$25 million cash reward for information leading to Osama
bin Laden's location or capture.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/20MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Indictment by Spanish Judge Portrays a Secret Terror Cell

A long indictment illuminates the workings of what a Spanish
judge charged was a terror cell whose members may have
helped to prepare the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/europe/20SPAI.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Preserving Hubs Is the Method Behind the Madness

A study shows that while passenger capacity at big airports
has decreased by as much as a third, the biggest carriers'
dominance at many of those airports has increased.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/20AIR.html?todaysheadlines

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Wall Street Sees Possibility of a New Suitor for Conoco

The stock markets were abuzz Monday with speculation that a
suitor other than Phillips Petroleum might emerge to woo
Conoco, the fourth-largest oil company in the United
States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/20OIL.html?todaysheadlines

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A Rebound in Search of a Reason

Stocks are strutting their stuff again, up 20 percent or
more from their September lows. By conventional measures
then, the bull market is back. But does it have stamina?.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/20PLAC.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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StarMedia Will Restate Its Financial Results

StarMedia Network said that an internal investigation
uncovered about $10 million of revenue improperly reported
by subsidiaries in Mexico.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/technology/20NET.html?todaysheadlines

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British Wireless Operation Strikes Out on Its Own

While courting investors before the spinoff of mmO2, British
Telecommunications' wireless unit, Peter Erskine, the chief
executive of the business,   spoke frankly about the
company's problems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/worldbusiness/20PHON.html?todaysheadlines

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Government Reviving Ties to Scientists

A new sense of urgency about terrorism has prompted the Bush
administration to try to repair federal relations with the
nation's scientific elite.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/science/20ADVI.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Powell Pledges New U.S. Role in Middle East

After 10 months of hesitation, the secretary of state said
that he would send high-level envoys immediately to the
Middle East to try to restart peace talks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/middleeast/20DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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Investigators Liken Anthrax in Leahy Letter to That Sent to
Daschle

Scientists for the F.B.I. said a sample taken late last week
showed the presence of 23,000 anthrax spores.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/politics/20INQU.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Offers Public Defense of Military Tribunals Order

President Bush said he needed the option "should we ever
bring one of these Al Qaeda members in alive."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/politics/20BUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Moss Breaks Out in Viking Win

Minnesota repeatedly caught the Giants in chancy   blitzes,
and Randy Moss caught three touchdown passes in the
Vikings' win on Monday night.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/sports/football/20GIAN.html?todaysheadlines

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Budgets Will Stretch for Giambi and

                        Bonds

With the exception of Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds, the 2001
free agents, who can begin signing contracts on Tuesday,
will find a cool financial climate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/sports/baseball/20BASE.html?todaysheadlines

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Grbac and Ravens' Offense Floundering

Ten games into their title defense, the Ravens are 6-4 and
their offense is languishing under the leadership of
quarterback Elvis Grbac.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/sports/football/20GEOR.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Chief Witness Accuses Former Boss at Sotheby's

The central witness in the trial of A. Alfred Taubman of
Sotheby's testified that Mr. Taubman drafted her for a
conspiracy with Christie's.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/20SOTH.html?todaysheadlines

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The Guggenheim's Scaled-Back Ambition

A museum director's risk-taking approach gets a new look in
hard times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/design/20GUGG.html?todaysheadlines

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Balanchine's All-American Dedication

New York City and the nation are awash in patriotic
sentiment. George Balanchine would probably have been one
of the most fervent of flag-wavers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/dance/20GEOR.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Inquiry Focus: Pilot Training in Emergencies

Investigators are scrutinizing training that involves
unusual emphasis on using the rudder to regain control of
an airplane.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20CRAS.html?todaysheadlines

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Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Built Legacy of Fighting Terror

Mary Jo White's legacy will inescapably be bound up in the
aggressive pursuit of high-profile terrorism cases.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20TENU.html?todaysheadlines

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Nassau Health System Woes Haunt Shaky County

Nassau County split off its public health care system in
1999 to aid both the county and the health system, but now
they are both suffering.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20NASS.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Today's News Quiz
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Where Islam is imbedded in a   pluralistic, democratic
society, like in India, it thrives like any other religion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/opinion/20FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Islam Is Part of the West, Too
By WOLFGANG PETRITSCH
When we step beyond the us-and-them paradigm, we might
remember that Islam is  part of the European tradition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/opinion/20PETR.html?todaysheadlines

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A Better Chance for Free Trade
By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN
The agreement reached last week in Qatar is good for rich
countries, perhaps even better for poor countries and
surprisingly protective of the environment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/opinion/20WEIN.html?todaysheadlines

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