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January 31, 2002 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I'll send in heavy armor. I'll send=
in multiple rocket launchers, I'll fire, and fire, and fire, all night and=
all day, until I bring this to a finish." PADSHA KHAN ZADRAN, one of two =
warlords whose forces clashed on Wednesday in Gardez, Afghanistan. NATION=
AL Suspect Calls Malaysia a Staging Area for Terror Attacks An operative o=
f Al Qaeda provided new evidence to show that the Southeast Asian nation wa=
s a major staging area for the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Suspect Walks Off=
as Explosive Is Detected An air passenger whose shoes tripped an alert fo=
r possible explosives walked past security agents at San Francisco Internat=
ional Airport. Science Will Catch Up at Waste Site, U.S. Says The Energy=
Department plans to ask permission to dispose of nuclear waste at Yucca Mo=
untain in Nevada before it has finished designing the repository. MORE =
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y Andrew Ross Sorkin. Sign up now! [IMAGE] INTERNATIONAL Bush Aides Sa=
y Tough Tone Put Foes on Notice President Bush decided to lump Iran and No=
rth Korea with Iraq despite the fact that the two nations have sought impro=
ved relations with the United States. Rich and Powerful Gathering at Elit=
e Forum on Economy Participants will gather in New York City today for the=
opening of the World Economic Forum, an event that brings together the wor=
ld's movers and shakers. Fighting Erupts in Afghan City as Warlords Compe=
te for Power After two months of rising tensions between rival warlords ac=
ross Afghanistan, the strategic city of Gardez erupted Wednesday in heavy f=
ighting. MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS Fed Holds Steady on Intere=
st Rates as Economy Firms The Federal Reserve brought its yearlong campaig=
n of interest rate cuts to an apparent end Wednesday, voting to hold rates =
steady and citing signs of an incipient recovery. General Accounting Offi=
ce to Sue White House To force the release of files detailing contacts bet=
ween the administration's energy task force and executives, the agency said=
that it would sue the White House. Board Dashes Cold Water on Public Feu=
d at Viacom Directors of Viacom told Sumner M. Redstone, the company's cha=
irman and C.E.O., and Mel Karmazin, the company's president and C.O.O., to =
end their public disagreements. MORE BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY Plaint=
iffs Sought Timeout After Turn in Napster Case The major record companies =
that are seeking a temporary suspension in their lawsuit against Napster, w=
ere about to face inquiries into their own behavior on maintaining copyrigh=
ts. AT&T and AOL Are Very Different and Yet Very Much Alike As AT&T and =
AOL Time Warner both reported quarterly financial results, it became clear =
that there were important similarities in the challenges they face. Som=
e States Track Parolees by Satellite In the United States 150,000 offender=
s are subject to electronic supervision like G.P.S. tracking, home monitori=
ng systems and mandatory telephone checks. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLI=
TICS Bush Budget Will Seek Cuts in Programs for Job Training Despite an in=
crease in unemployment, President Bush's budget will seek cuts in several=
job-training programs for laid-off workers and young adults. Bush Aides =
Say Tough Tone Put Foes on Notice President Bush decided to lump Iran and =
North Korea with Iraq despite the fact that the two nations have sought imp=
roved relations with the United States. President Seeks Volunteers in Fig=
ht Against Terrorism President Bush said that he would create a volunteer =
agency called Citizen Corps to engage Americans in protecting against terro=
rism. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS Brady Will Start for Patriots New E=
ngland Coach Bill Belichick chose Tom Brady, who sprained his ankle against=
the Steelers on Sunday, to start Super Bowl XXXVI. Yashin Rips Richter a=
nd Rangers Aleksei Yashin scored three times in the first period to lead t=
he Islanders to a thumping of the Rangers. Tyson Investigated in Another =
Rape Complaint The Las Vegas police are investigating a second complaint, =
this time by a woman who said Mike Tyson raped her at his home in November =
2000. MORE SPORTS NEWS ARTS Moving Mendelssohn Beyond Weddings A co=
nductor and a musicologist hope to catalog and record the ever-growing cano=
n of the composer best known for "The Wedding March." Black Musician, Bea=
ten by Spanish Police, to Miss Concert Rodney Mack, the principal trumpet =
player for the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, was beaten so badly by police =
in Barcelona that he will be unable to appear at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 1. =
Old Masters Generate Mixed Results at Auctions Prices paid for artists li=
ke van Dyck and Romney broke records, but some paintings that had been on t=
he auction market a little too recently were bargains. MORE ARTS NEWS =
NY REGION 9/11 in Firefighters' Words: Surreal Chaos and Hazy Heroics In=
interviews with Fire Department investigators, firefighters who responded =
to the Sept. 11 attack described the day's turmoil. Appearing in the Role=
of Evil: The Other Side The first act of a major theatrical production op=
ens today as thousands gather inside the Waldorf-Astoria for an exclusive e=
vent called the World Economic Forum. In First Address to Council, Mayor =
Warns of Cutbacks Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg vowed to rebuild New York fro=
m the Sept. 11 attack, but warned of the difficulty of closing the city's b=
udget deficit. MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-ED 'To Fight Freedom's Fight'=
By WILLIAM SAFIRE President Bush's refusal "to leave terror states unch=
ecked" leaves only secondary decisions: when and how to attack the nations =
he identified as the "axis of evil," North Korea, Iran and Iraq. As Bush'=
s Stature Rises . . . By BOB HERBERT It will take a lot more than Dick G=
ephardt's tepid address on Tuesday night to interfere with the bond that is=
developing between President Bush and the American people. Why Are Glob=
alizers So Provincial? By ALICE H. AMSDEN A smattering of rich countries=
exercises leadership in international organizations and world markets, des=
pite the principle of a level playing field. MORE OP-ED NEWS Abou=
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