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QUOTE OF THE DAY "We don't leave Americans behind." NATIONAL Novice Wins G.O.P. Primary for Governor of California Archdiocese Nears Accord in Abuse Suits
Border Agents on Lookout for Terrorists Are Finding Drugs
For your Consideration, Best Picture
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INTERNATIONAL
Syria Chief Backs Saudi Peace Plan as Mideast Boils Americans Battling Closer to Qaeda Bunkers
Intercepted Al Qaeda E-Mail Is Said to Hint at Regrouping
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.
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.
Newly detected Internet traffic indicates that elements of Al Qaeda may be trying to regroup in Pakistan near the Afghan border.
BUSINESS
Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand Hewlett-Packard Gains Key Backing for Compaq Merger
Bond Insurers Win Round in Enron Case
In imposing tariffs on imported steel, President Bush was gambling that he could help domestic steel makers without endangering the economic recovery.
An influential investor advisory firm recommended that shareholders vote in favor of Hewlett-Packard's plan to buy Compaq Computer.
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.
TECHNOLOGY
Hewlett-Packard Gains Key Backing for Compaq Merger Fresh Interest in a Global Crossing Bid
Intercepted Al Qaeda E-Mail Is Said to Hint at Regrouping
An influential investor advisory firm recommended that shareholders vote in favor of Hewlett-Packard's plan to buy Compaq Computer.
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.
Newly detected Internet traffic indicates that elements of Al Qaeda may be trying to regroup in Pakistan near the Afghan border.
POLITICS
Condit Loses House Race to Former Aide Delay Tactics Set the Stage for a Showdown on Campaign Financing Bill
Bush Puts Tariffs of as Much as 30% on Steel Imports
Representative Gary A. Condit lost the Democratic primary for his seat to Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza on Tuesday night.
A Senate confrontation over changing the campaign finance law now appears likely after one Republican blocked the measure from coming to a swift vote.
Taking broad federal action, President Bush imposed tariffs on most types of steel imported into the United States from Europe, Asia and South America.
SPORTS
Lakers Hold Off the Nets In Upended Big East, First Round Matters Most
Red Sox Fire Manager
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.
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.
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.
ARTS
Hollywood Bound? Good Luck, Divas Experiencing 9/11, From the Inside
Prayerfully and Powerfully, New York City Before and After
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.
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.
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.
NY REGION
Worst Job Loss for New York in a Decade Rules are Sought to Help High-Rises Endure Disaster
State Charges of Obstruction May Be Possible in Louima Case
New York City lost 36,000 more jobs than the state's original estimate of 96,500, mostly reflecting aftershocks from Sept. 11.
Investigators and federal officials are calling for the adoption of new standards that would require new buildings to be more resistant to attack.
The three police officers in the Abner Louima case who were acquitted on federal charges may still face obstruction-of-justice charges.
OP-ED
The Core of Muslim Rage
The Dude in the Python
India's Past Becomes a Weapon
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
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?
By MAUREEN DOWD
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.
By SHASHI THAROOR
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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