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November 28, 2001

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Terrorists and invaders, come to ruin our country. I wonder what they are thinking now."
AGHA MUHAMMAD,guarding a caravan of Taliban prisoners, mostly Pakistanis.

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NATIONAL
Ashcroft Offers Accounting of 641 Charged or Held
Attorney General John Ashcroft provided for the first time the names of 93 people charged with crimes arising from the government's investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge in Its Main Affirmative Action Case
Supreme Court justices dismissed a constitutional challenge to a federal highway contracting program and conceded that the case had been "improvidently granted."

Student Charged in Plot She Warned About
A 17-year-old girl who police say warned a teacher about a student plot to stage a Columbine-style rampage killing at her high school was charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

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INTERNATIONAL
Taliban and Qaeda Leaders Said to Use Compound Hit by U.S.
American warplanes bombed a compound southeast of Kandahar on Tuesday that the Pentagon said was used by leaders of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

2 Pakistanis Linked to Papers on Anthrax Weapons
Pakistan said that it had detained two retired nuclear scientists after the recent discovery of documents in their offices describing ways to use anthrax as a weapon.

2 Palestinian Gunmen Kill 2 as U.S. Begins Peace Effort
Two Palestinian gunmen on Tuesday killed two people in a northern Israeli city during the visit of American envoys seeking a cease-fire.

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BUSINESS
Trying to Restore Confidence in Enron to Salvage a Merger
Enron and Dynegy worked to find ways to bolster confidence in Enron's energy-trading business as the companies' negotiators continued talks on revising the terms of their merger.

Microsoft Move May Hasten Settlement of European Case
Offering a strong signal that it wants to settle its antitrust case in Europe, Microsoft has told the European Commission that it will forgo its right to a hearing next month.

Vehicle Sales Remain Robust This Month
Auto sales have remained surprisingly strong this month, easing the recession - and possibly shortening it - economists say.

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TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Move May Hasten Settlement of European Case
Offering a strong signal that it wants to settle its antitrust case in Europe, Microsoft has told the European Commission that it will forgo its right to a hearing next month.

Belgian Hope in Software Sells Assets at Auction
The speech technology empire that Lernout & Hauspie had cobbled together was dismantled in a somber bankruptcy auction at a law office in Lower Manhattan.

Nokia Sees Weak Sales Into 2002
Nokia reduced estimates for the number of handsets it expects consumers to buy in 2001, and said the market would continue to shrink through the early part of next year.

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POLITICS
$38 Billion Tax Hiatus Proposed
Republicans in the Senate said they would support a new idea to free employers and employees from paying Social Security payroll taxes for one month.

Senate Wants to Hear More About Cloning
An effort to ban all human cloning failed to advance in the Senate as opponents of a ban said more time was needed to ensure the continuation of research.

Official Says He'll Miss Screening Goal
The transportation secretary said that his department could not meet the deadline established in the new aviation security law for screening airline baggage for explosives.

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SPORTS
Selig Offers His Forecast
Commissioner Bud Selig underwent what seemed more like a coronation than a re-election, then produced as bleak a picture of baseball's economics as he ever has.

Torre Promises Giambi the Job at First
Joe Torre told Jason Giambi that he would be the starting first baseman, not a designated hitter for any extended period, if Giambi signed with the Yankees.

No. 5 Terps Knock Off No. 2 Illini
Juan Dixon scored 25 points for Maryland in a win over Illinois on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

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ARTS
Legal Changes Allow Sotheby's and Christie's to Hold First Sales on French Turf
Sotheby's will make history this week when it becomes the first foreign auction house to hold a public sale in France. Christie's, its main competitor, will follow suit next week.

Assembling Scattered Works by the Cognoscenti's Painter
The American painter Louis M. Eilshemius was so varied in style, feeling and ambition that he catches viewers out whenever they think they have him pinned to the ground.

A Conductor's Met Debut and a Soprano's Role Debut
Christoph Eschenbach made an impressive Metropolitan Opera debut and Renée Fleming gave her first Met performance of the title role in Strauss's "Arabella" on Monday.

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NY REGION
Man's Death Not Related to Anthrax, Governor Says
Gov. John G. Rowland defused rumors that the death of an 84-year-old Connecticut man was caused by anthrax.

Error Puts Body of One Firefighter in Grave of a Firehouse Colleague
A New York firefighter who was killed in the World Trade Center collapse was buried in the wrong grave, much to the dismay of the Fire Department.

The White House Steps in to Quell a Struggle Over a New Prosecutor
The White House stepped in with its own candidate for United States attorney, possibly averting a showdown between Gov. George E. Pataki and Senator Charles E. Schumer.

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OP-ED
Hunks and Brutes
By MAUREEN DOWD
If the United States can bomb a path to victory for the Northern Alliance, we can lay down some terms for what women can attain in the new Afghanistan.

How Secure Is Pakistan's Plutonium?
By MANSOOR IJAZ and R. JAMES WOOLSEY
The United States should export its methods for guarding nuclear materials.

What New York Will Have to Give Up
By STEVEN RATTNER
An onerous $40 billion debt load limits what New York can do to address the budget deficit.

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