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[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] Search NYTimes.com Today's News Past Week Past 30 Days Past 90= Days Past Year Since 1996 =09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Customize This E-Mail [IMAGE] Customize This E-= Mail =09 February 1, 2002 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I wasn't invited. Then again, the t= raffic is so bad I don't want to go anywhere." GEORGE SOROS, on a party du= ring the World Economic Forum featuring Elton John. NATIONAL Candidate Re= no Is Home, Shrugging Off Fainting A day after collapsing while giving a s= peech, former Attorney General Janet Reno returned to her home near Miami. = Canada Wants Some Trucks Exempt From Border Inspection Canada is aggress= ively pushing a plan that would eventually allow more than 7,000 trucks eac= h day to pass the border uninspected. No New Warnings Received, Officials= Say Officials have received no new credible warnings of a terrorist attac= k, although the potential remained high. MORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertis= ement Sign up now for DealBook for Breaking News and Market-Moving Intel= ligence Your source for daily briefings on the latest and most comprehensi= ve news about market-moving mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private equity = transactions, venture capital deals and Wall Street maneuverings, all deli= vered before the market's opening bell. Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Si= gn up now! [IMAGE] INTERNATIONAL Sharon Is Sorry Israel Didn't Kill Ara= fat in the 80's Israel's prime minister said in an interview published Thu= rsday that Israel should have killed Yasir Arafat when it had the chance in= Lebanon 20 years ago. Warlord Fends Off Warlord, Echoing Afghans' Bitter= Past Afghanistan's first major battle of the post-Taliban era ended on Th= ursday as rival warlords fought for control of the eastern province of Pakt= ia. Iraqis Seek to Oust Hussein With U.S. Military Training Iraqi opposi= tion leaders have asked the Bush administration to provide military trainin= g to insurgents trying to overthrow Saddam Hussein. MORE INTERNATIONAL = NEWS BUSINESS Audit Firms Are Set to Alter Some Practices Four of the f= ive biggest accounting firms said they would reject the industry practices = that have prompted criticism of Enron's auditor, Arthur Andersen. Senator= Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate Enron has refused to turn over to a Senat= e panel records of partnerships that are crucial to understanding the compa= ny's downfall, the panel's chairman said. Details Emerge on Viacom Rift a= s Executives Deny It Exists Sumner M. Redstone, chairman and chief executi= ve of Viacom, said that he would not renew the contract of its president, M= el Karmazin. MORE BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY Main Opponent to Hewlett-= Compaq Merger Goes Public Walter B. Hewlett, the lone dissenter to the mer= ger on the Hewlett-Packard board, explained both his qualifications and his= motivation in an interview. Advanced Micro Makes Pact With Taiwan Chip P= roducer Advanced Micro Devices said that it had entered a broad manufactur= ing alliance with the United Microelectronics Corporation. Alcatel Ends T= ough Year in Big Loss Alcatel reported a net loss of 4.96 billion euros, o= r $4.2 billion, for all of last year, the largest loss ever reported by a F= rench corporation. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLITICS Bush to Propose Mor= e Flexibility on 401(k) Plans President Bush plans to propose giving worke= rs more flexibility to sell their company's stock in their 401(k) retiremen= t plans. Back in the Fray, Gore Announces PAC, Gearing Up for Possible '0= 4 Presidential Run Former Vice President Al Gore announced that he had for= med a political action committee to help Democratic Congressional candida= tes in 2002. Senator Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate Enron has refused t= o turn over to a Senate panel records of partnerships that are crucial to u= nderstanding the company's downfall, the panel's chairman said. MORE PO= LITICS NEWS SPORTS Fast Feet, but Faulk Is an Even Quicker Thinker Beyo= nd his speed, Marshall Faulk is distinguished by his uncanny comprehension = of what is occurring around him on the football field. Bledsoe Accepts Ro= le With Class Drew Bledsoe said all the right things to reporters about Bi= ll Belichick's decision not to start him in the Super Bowl. Nets Bury Deb= ate and Bucks With unselfish, exciting play, the Nets rattled the rim for = a season-high points total in a rout of the Milwaukee Bucks. MORE SPORT= S NEWS ARTS An Evolving Vision in Black and White A TV Land series prov= ides valuable insights into the evolving ways race has been treated on tele= vision, but it also seems to scurry over the past 60 years. Amid the As= hes, Creativity Art happens every day, and responses to Sept. 11 are alre= ady growing more resolved and complicated. Here's a survey of public art a= nd gallery shows inspired by the tragedy. In the Arms of Memory Sissy Sp= acek's favorite film, "To Kill a Mockingbird," evokes memories of her child= hood in a small East Texas town. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION Officers, = Primed for Demonstrations, Find Few to Police Police, 4,000 in number, out= numbered protesters on the first day of the World Economic Forum. Another= Chief of Union Hits Pataki Critics Teamster president James P. Hoffa accu= sed two Democratic gubernatorial candidates of trying "to thwart the intere= sts of working people." High School Drops Its A.P. Courses, and Colleges = Don't Seem to Mind A growing number of selective private schools in New Yo= rk and across the country are uncomfortable offering advanced placement cou= rses. MORE NY REGION NEWS 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 sch= emes? A Merciful War By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Military intervention, eve= n if it means lost innocent lives on both sides, can serve the most human= itarian of goals. Pearl's Kidnappers Won't Win By TERRY ANDERSON Durin= g 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. MORE OP-ED NEWS About This E-Mail= You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Dire= ct e-mail service. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, chang= e delivery options or your e-mail address, see http://www.nytimes.com/email= . 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