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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/national/20COMM.html?todaysheadlines"<4 Commanders Seek Staff Role for the F.B.I.</a<</b<<br<
The military's major regional commanders have asked that F.B.I. and Treasury Department agents be assigned to their staffs to improve coordination.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/national/20TRAV.html?todaysheadlines"<Holiday Travel Volume Looks Steady, but Americans Are Staying Close to the Ground</a<</b<<br<
Evidence suggests that Americans are scrambling in almost the same numbers at least on the ground as last year.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/national/20GRAH.html?todaysheadlines"<Muslim Group Seeks to Meet Billy Graham's Son</a<</b<<br<
A Muslim advocacy organization sent a letter to the Rev. Franklin Graham, to discuss remarks that Mr. Graham made describing Islam as evil.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/asia/20ALLI.html?todaysheadlines"<Alliance in Kabul Will Share Power, U.S. Envoy Reports</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/20MILI.html?todaysheadlines"<U.S. Tells Afghans of Rewards for bin Laden</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/europe/20SPAI.html?todaysheadlines"<Indictment by Spanish Judge Portrays a Secret Terror Cell</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/20AIR.html?todaysheadlines"<Preserving Hubs Is the Method Behind the Madness</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/20OIL.html?todaysheadlines"<Wall Street Sees Possibility of a New Suitor for Conoco</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/20PLAC.html?todaysheadlines"<A Rebound in Search of a Reason</a<</b<<br<
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?.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/technology/20NET.html?todaysheadlines"<StarMedia Will Restate Its Financial Results</a<</b<<br<
StarMedia Network said that an internal investigation uncovered about $10 million of revenue improperly reported by subsidiaries in Mexico.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/business/worldbusiness/20PHON.html?todaysheadlines"<British Wireless Operation Strikes Out on Its Own</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/science/20ADVI.html?todaysheadlines"<Government Reviving Ties to Scientists</a<</b<<br<
A new sense of urgency about terrorism has prompted the Bush administration to try to repair federal relations with the nation's scientific elite.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/international/middleeast/20DIPL.html?todaysheadlines"<Powell Pledges New U.S. Role in Middle East</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/politics/20INQU.html?todaysheadlines"<Investigators Liken Anthrax in Leahy Letter to That Sent to Daschle</a<</b<<br<
Scientists for the F.B.I. said a sample taken late last week showed the presence of 23,000 anthrax spores.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/politics/20BUSH.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Offers Public Defense of Military Tribunals Order</a<</b<<br<
President Bush said he needed the option "should we ever bring one of these Al Qaeda members in alive."
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/sports/football/20GIAN.html?todaysheadlines"<Moss Breaks Out in Viking Win</a<</b<<br<
Minnesota repeatedly caught the Giants in chancy blitzes, and Randy Moss caught three touchdown passes in the Vikings' win on Monday night.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/sports/baseball/20BASE.html?todaysheadlines"<Budgets Will Stretch for Giambi and Bonds</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/sports/football/20GEOR.html?todaysheadlines"<Grbac and Ravens' Offense Floundering</a<</b<<br<
Ten games into their title defense, the Ravens are 6-4 and their offense is languishing under the leadership of quarterback Elvis Grbac.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/20SOTH.html?todaysheadlines"<Chief Witness Accuses Former Boss at Sotheby's</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/design/20GUGG.html?todaysheadlines"<The Guggenheim's Scaled-Back Ambition</a<</b<<br<
A museum director's risk-taking approach gets a new look in hard times.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/dance/20GEOR.html?todaysheadlines"<Balanchine's All-American Dedication</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20CRAS.html?todaysheadlines"<Inquiry Focus: Pilot Training in Emergencies</a<</b<<br<
Investigators are scrutinizing training that involves unusual emphasis on using the rudder to regain control of an airplane.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20TENU.html?todaysheadlines"<Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Built Legacy of Fighting Terror</a<</b<<br<
Mary Jo White's legacy will inescapably be bound up in the aggressive pursuit of high-profile terrorism cases.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20NASS.html?todaysheadlines"<Nassau Health System Woes Haunt Shaky County</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/opinion/20FRIE.html?todaysheadlines"<Today's News Quiz</a<</b<
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Where Islam is imbedded in a pluralistic, democratic society, like in India, it thrives like any other religion.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/opinion/20PETR.html?todaysheadlines"<Islam Is Part of the West, Too</a<</b<
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When we step beyond the us-and-them paradigm, we might remember that Islam is part of the European tradition.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/opinion/20WEIN.html?todaysheadlines"<A Better Chance for Free Trade</a<</b<
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The agreement reached last week in Qatar is good for rich countries, perhaps even better for poor countries and surprisingly protective of the environment.
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