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The New York Times on the Web Friday, February 1, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "I wasn't invited. Then again, the traffic is so bad I don't want to go anywhere." -GEORGE SOROS, on a party during the World Economic Forum featuring Elton John. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/nyregion/01PART.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Candidate Reno Is Home, Shrugging Off Fainting A day after collapsing while giving a speech, former Attorney General Janet Reno returned to her home near Miami. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/national/01RENO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Canada Wants Some Trucks Exempt From Border Inspection Canada is aggressively pushing a plan that would eventually allow more than 7,000 trucks each day to pass the border uninspected. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/national/01BORD.html?todaysheadlines ----- No New Warnings Received, Officials Say Officials have received no new credible warnings of a terrorist attack, although the potential remained high. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/national/01INQU.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Sign up now for DealBook for Breaking News and Market-Moving Intelligence Your source for daily briefings on the latest and most comprehensive news about market-moving mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private equity transactions, venture capital deals and Wall Street maneuverings, all delivered before the market's opening bell. Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Sign up now at: http://ads.nyt.com/th.ad/th-nytiibhousec/dealbookhousetext.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.nytimes.com/services/email/email.html#dealbook \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= Sharon Is Sorry Israel Didn't Kill Arafat in the 80's Israel's prime minister said in an interview published Thursday that Israel should have killed Yasir Arafat when it had the chance in Lebanon 20 years ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/international/middleeast/01MIDE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Warlord Fends Off Warlord, Echoing Afghans' Bitter Past Afghanistan's first major battle of the post-Taliban era ended on Thursday as rival warlords fought for control of the eastern province of Paktia. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/international/asia/01FIGH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Iraqis Seek to Oust Hussein With U.S. Military Training Iraqi opposition leaders have asked the Bush administration to provide military training to insurgents trying to overthrow Saddam Hussein. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/international/middleeast/01DIPL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Audit Firms Are Set to Alter Some Practices Four of the five biggest accounting firms said they would reject the industry practices that have prompted criticism of Enron's auditor, Arthur Andersen. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01CONS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Senator Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate Enron has refused to turn over to a Senate panel records of partnerships that are crucial to understanding the company's downfall, the panel's chairman said. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01ENRO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Details Emerge on Viacom Rift as Executives Deny It Exists Sumner M. Redstone, chairman and chief executive of Viacom, said that he would not renew the contract of its president, Mel Karmazin. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01VIAC.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Main Opponent to Hewlett-Compaq Merger Goes Public Walter B. Hewlett, the lone dissenter to the merger on the Hewlett-Packard board, explained both his qualifications and his motivation in an interview. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/technology/01HEWL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Advanced Micro Makes Pact With Taiwan Chip Producer Advanced Micro Devices said that it had entered a broad manufacturing alliance with the United Microelectronics Corporation. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/technology/01CHIP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Alcatel Ends Tough Year in Big Loss Alcatel reported a net loss of 4.96 billion euros, or $4.2 billion, for all of last year, the largest loss ever reported by a French corporation. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01ALCA.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Bush to Propose More Flexibility on 401(k) Plans President Bush plans to propose giving workers more flexibility to sell their company's stock in their 401(k) retirement plans. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01PENS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Back in the Fray, Gore Announces PAC, Gearing Up for Possible '04 Presidential Run Former Vice President Al Gore announced that he had formed a political action committee to help Democratic Congressional candidates in 2002. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/politics/01GORE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Senator Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate Enron has refused to turn over to a Senate panel records of partnerships that are crucial to understanding the company's downfall, the panel's chairman said. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01ENRO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Fast Feet, but Faulk Is an Even Quicker Thinker Beyond his speed, Marshall Faulk is distinguished by his uncanny comprehension of what is occurring around him on the football field. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/sports/football/01RAMS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bledsoe Accepts Role With Class Drew Bledsoe said all the right things to reporters about Bill Belichick's decision not to start him in the Super Bowl. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/sports/football/01PATS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Nets Bury Debate and Bucks With unselfish, exciting play, the Nets rattled the rim for a season-high points total in a rout of the Milwaukee Bucks. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/sports/basketball/01NETS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= An Evolving Vision in Black and White A TV Land series provides valuable insights into the evolving ways race has been treated on television, but it also seems to scurry over the past 60 years. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/arts/television/01NOTE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Amid the Ashes, Creativity Art happens every day, and responses to Sept. 11 are already growing more resolved and complicated. Here's a survey of public art and gallery shows inspired by the tragedy. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/arts/design/01COTT.html?todaysheadlines ----- In the Arms of Memory Sissy Spacek's favorite film, "To Kill a Mockingbird," evokes memories of her childhood in a small East Texas town. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/movies/01WATC.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Officers, Primed for Demonstrations, Find Few to Police Police, 4,000 in number, outnumbered protesters on the first day of the World Economic Forum. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/nyregion/01STREE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Another Chief of Union Hits Pataki Critics Teamster president James P. Hoffa accused two Democratic gubernatorial candidates of trying "to thwart the interests of working people." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/nyregion/01LABO.html?todaysheadlines ----- High School Drops Its A.P. Courses, and Colleges Don't Seem to Mind A growing number of selective private schools in New York and across the country are uncomfortable offering advanced placement courses. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/education/01FIEL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= Two, Three, Many? By PAUL KRUGMAN Conventional wisdom is that Enron was uniquely crooked. But how likely is it that other companies will turn out to be little more than pyramid schemes? http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01KRUG.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Merciful War By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Military intervention, even if it means lost innocent lives on both sides, can serve the most humanitarian of goals. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01KRIS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Pearl's Kidnappers Won't Win By TERRY ANDERSON During the 80's, terrorist groups realized that kidnapping a journalist was not a useful way to forward political goals. It is terrible to think that this lesson may have to be relearned. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01ANDE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. To cancel delivery, change delivery options, change your e-mail address or sign up for other newsletters, see http://www.nytimes.com/email. 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