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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"O Arab leaders, your people are boiling like water in a pot.
You have to take them on your side against your enemy
before they turn against you."
-ABDEL QADER ABDEL KHAZEM, a prayer leader, before a protest in Amman, Jordan. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/international/middleeast/06ARAB.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Rising Drug Costs Push Veterans Into V.A. System, Posing
Strain

Elderly veterans struggling to cope with rapidly rising drug
costs are pouring into the health care system of the
federal Veterans Affairs Department.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/health/06VETE.html?todaysheadlines

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Believed to Be a U.S. Citizen, Detainee Is Jailed in
Virginia 

A prisoner from the war in Afghanistan who is believed to be
an American citizen was flown on Friday to Norfolk, Va.,
from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/international/06DETA.html?todaysheadlines 

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A Florida Candidate Battles for Recognition and Votes

Democratic Party members say Bill McBride is their best
chance for unseating Jeb Bush in this fall's election,
although he is widely unknown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/national/06GOV.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. Envoy Meets Arafat as Israel Steps Up Its Sweep

President Bush's envoy to the Middle East met with Yasir
Arafat on Friday while Israel accelerated its military
sweep through the West Bank.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/international/middleeast/06MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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Arab Protesters Focus Ire on U.S. 

Demonstrators in Bahrain attacked the American Embassy on
Friday as a wave of protests against President Bush's
Mideast policy swept across the Muslim world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/international/middleeast/06ARAB.html?todaysheadlines 

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Germans of One Mind About Two Rivals: Dubious

Five months before elections that will decide the country's
next leader, Germans seem to view national politics and
national parties with cynicism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/international/europe/06GERM.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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Unemployment Rises to 5.7%, Erasing a Gain

The unemployment rate rebounded to 5.7 percent last month,
suggesting that the growing economy is not yet benefiting
workers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/business/06ECON.html?todaysheadlines

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Justice Dept. and Andersen Resume Talks 

Lawyers for Arthur Andersen met with federal prosecutors for
the first time since the Justice Department charged the
firm with obstruction of justice in the Enron
investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/business/06AUDI.html?todaysheadlines 

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What Was the Heart of Enron Keeps Shrinking

Every time Enron looks inside the trading book that holds
its most important secrets, it sees deals that are worth
less and less.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/business/06ENRO.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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Realism May Be Taking the Fun Out of Games

One of the major goals of video game systems over the last
two decades has been to create images so lifelike and
movements so natural that there is no sense of artifice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/arts/design/06VIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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Rage Against the Machine (When Any Rage Will Do) 

Video games let you try to beat the system, using graffiti
and some far more destructive weapons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/04/technology/circuits/04GAME.html?todaysheadlines 

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Overture Sues Google for Patent Infringement

Internet advertising company Overture Services said Friday
it sued search engine Google, alleging that Google's system
for featuring paid advertisements infringes an Overture
patent.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-overture.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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Bush Plan to Avert Work Injuries Seeks Voluntary Steps by
Industry

The Bush administration unveiled a new workplace safety
policy on Friday that relies on voluntary actions by
companies to reduce injuries on the job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/politics/06WORK.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Envoy Meets Arafat as Israel Steps Up Its Sweep 

President Bush's envoy to the Middle East met with Yasir
Arafat on Friday while Israel accelerated its military
sweep through the West Bank.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/international/middleeast/06MIDE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Postal Official Says Overhaul of the Service Is Essential

The postmaster general said if universal postal service is
to remain practical, the Postal Service must change the way
it functions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/politics/06POST.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Pettitte's Effort Fills Giambi's Blanks

The Yankees relied on flawless starting pitching by Andy
Pettitte and almost no output from Jason Giambi for a win
over Tampa Bay.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/sports/baseball/06YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Mets' Bats Stir Against Braves 

Pedro Astacio and Jeromy Burnitz, two of the new Mets,
helped the Mets beat the Braves in the teams' first meeting
of the season.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/sports/baseball/06METS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Inspired Van Horn Leads Nets

Responding to criticism from his coach, Keith Van Horn
helped lead the Nets to their record 13th straight victory
at Continental Arena.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/sports/basketball/06NETS.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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Rethinking Reagan: Was He a Man of Ideas After All?

Ronald Reagan has been out of office for 13 years, and
American academics, one group that steadfastly resisted his
political charms, are beginning to re-evaluate him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/arts/06REAG.html?todaysheadlines

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Realism May Be Taking the Fun Out of Games 

One of the major goals of video game systems over the last
two decades has been to create images so lifelike and
movements so natural that there is no sense of artifice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/arts/design/06VIDE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Music That's a Painting, Music That's Pure Sound

Art and the art of illustration were topics on Thursday as
Mozart's Requiem persuaded the ear to enter into its world
and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky" demanded the attention
of its listeners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/arts/music/06PHIL.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Church Files Show Missteps as Priest's Abuses Continued

Details of a widely publicized sex scandal in the New York
Archdiocese involving a priest who molested as many as 50
boys have not been made available until now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/nyregion/06PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Cleaning Set for Exteriors Near 9/11 Site 

Within a few weeks, efforts will begin to clean the
exteriors of hundreds of buildings around the World Trade
Center site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/nyregion/06AIR.html?todaysheadlines 

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Fire Officials Will Enforce Zero Tolerance for Drug Abuse

The New York Fire Department alerted firefighters that it
planned to begin strictly enforcing the department's zero
tolerance policy on the use of illegal drugs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/nyregion/06FIRE.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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Springtime for Saddam
By BILL KELLER
After a winter of adjective-rattling, the Bush
administration has still shown no sign of converting its
doctrine (evil Saddam must go) into a practical strategy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/opinion/06KELL.html?todaysheadlines

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A Treaty Bush Shouldn't 'Unsign' 
By  DAVID J. SCHEFFER
Somebody in Washington has come up with a bizarre and
dangerous idea: to nullify the American signature on the
Rome treaty for establishment of an international criminal
court.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/opinion/06SCHE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Forced Off the Air in Ramallah
By DAOUD KUTTAB
It wasn't easy to build an independent TV station in
Ramallah, but we were largely successful until this week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/06/opinion/06KUTT.html?todaysheadlines 

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