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The New York Times on the Web Tuesday, November 27, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com /-------------------Also From NYTimes.com------------------\ Holiday Shopping Take advantage of special offers and discounts -- on gifts, travel and luxury items from NYTimes.com's premium advertisers -- with the Holiday Shopping E-Mail. http://www.nytimes.com/services/email/email.html#holiday \---------------------------------------------------------/ QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "He just doesn't feel to me like the surrendering type." -DONALD H. RUMSFELD, secretary of defense, on Mullah Muhammad Omar. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/international/asia/27MILI.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= U.S. Pressures Foreign Airlines Over Manifests Foreign airline passengers will be put through lengthy searches if the airlines did not provide information to identify potential terrorists. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/politics/27SECU.html?todaysheadlines ----- Michigan 'Invites' Men From Mideast to Be Interviewed Officials are sending letters today to hundreds of young men inviting them to make appointments for interviews. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/national/27MUSL.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Harvard Professor's Baffling Vanishing The disappearance in Memphis earlier this month of Don C. Wiley, a leading expert on dangerous viruses like Ebola, has provoked wide attention. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/national/27HARV.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Introducing LotFinder Assistant on christies.com LotFinder Assistant helps you look even smarter. Simply register online and tell us what you are looking for -- and we'll email you when we have a match. LotFinder(R) allows you to search sale catalogues online and leave absentee bids on items in Christie's auctions around the world. http://ads.nyt.com/th.ad/th-christies07/christies11.27text.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.christies.com/nytimes \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= U.S. Will Place 1,000 Troops on Ground American marines on Monday helped direct air attacks on an armored column, inaugurating a new phase in the war in Afghanistan. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/international/asia/27MILI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Fight With Prisoners Rages at Northern Afghan Fort Five Americans were wounded while helping the Northern Alliance try to quell a revolt of surrendered Taliban soldiers inside a prison near Mazar-i-Sharif. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/international/asia/27MAZA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Next Target in Terror War: Bush Says It Could Be Iraq President Bush warned Saddam Hussein that if he did not admit inspectors to determine if Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction, he would face consequences. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/international/27PREX.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Economists Make It Official: U.S. Is in Recession A group of economists said that the longest economic expansion on record gave way earlier this year to the first recession in a decade. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/business/27ECON.html?todaysheadlines ----- Enron Talking With Dynegy as They Work to Rescue Deal The Enron Corporation and its would-be rescuer, Dynegy Inc., are talking about renegotiating the terms of their deal, originally valued at $9 billion. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/business/27ENRO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Top Companies Issuing Debt at a Fast Pace Blue-chip corporations are taking advantage of the chance to raise cash at bargain basement prices, thanks to low interest rates, and to retire more expensive debt. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/business/27DEBT.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Bankruptcy Auction Begins for Speech Technology Company The bankruptcy auction for the assets of Lernout & Hauspie is expected to produce only a fraction of the hundreds of millions of dollars that the company owes. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/technology/27SPEE.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Practical Way to Make Power From Wasted Heat Scientists at M.I.T. and a small company in Salt Lake City will announce that they have developed technology that can efficiently and inexpensively transform heat pollution into electricity. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/technology/27HEAT.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Breakthrough on Cloning? Perhaps, or Perhaps Not Yet Shadowing the raging dispute on whether cloning should be outlawed is a major question: Is the human-cloning attempt a milestone or a forgettable blunder? http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/health/27EMBR.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Next Target in Terror War: Bush Says It Could Be Iraq President Bush warned Saddam Hussein that if he did not admit inspectors to determine if Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction, he would face consequences. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/international/27PREX.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush Denounces Cloning and Calls for Ban President Bush condemned the work of a Massachusetts biotechnology company that says it has created human embryos through cloning. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/health/27CLON.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Democrat to Run Fund for Sept. 11 The attorney general appointed Kenneth R. Feinberg to run the $11 billion fund set up to compensate families of the victims. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/politics/27FUND.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Yankees' Brosius to Retire Scott Brosius, who played in the World Series in each of his four seasons with the Yankees and earned three championship rings, has decided to retire. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/sports/baseball/27PINS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Camby Jump-Starts the Knicks Marcus Camby, the Knicks' much-missed center, turned in an outstanding performance, and the Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/sports/basketball/27KNIC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Miami and Florida Top List, but Nothing's Settled In the new B.C.S. ranking, Miami is No. 1 and Florida is No. 2, but they are not the only teams that could end up in the Rose Bowl. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/sports/ncaafootball/27COLL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= New Interest in Florida Paintings by a Group of Black Artists For decades following World War II, Florida landscapes shaped the state's popular image, but few knew that they were largely the creations of self-taught, African-American artists. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/arts/design/27ARTS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Audience Stands Up to Cheer a Stand-In Though not technically flawless, Veronica Villarroel's affecting performance in the title role of "Madama Butterfly" is vocally distinguished and unerringly honest. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/arts/music/27BUTT.html?todaysheadlines ----- The Panic of 1837: Those Were the Days! "The Streets of New York" is almost 150 years old and strikes just the right note for late 2001, midway between laughable sentimentality and sincere philanthropic sympathy. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/arts/theater/27STRE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= White House Offers a Choice for Prosecutor James B. Comey, a native New Yorker who won acclaim for prosecuting gun violence, is in line to be the next U.S. attorney in Manhattan. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/nyregion/27ATTO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Nassau Democrats Form Plan to Cut Spending and Raise Taxes The County Legislature is facing a Wednesday deadline to balance the budget or risk a state fiscal takeover. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/nyregion/27NASS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bloomberg, in Dominican Republic, Meets With Crash Victims' Relatives The mayor-elect of New York met with about 25 Dominicans whose loved ones were killed in the crash of Flight 587. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/nyregion/27BLOO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= The Real War By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN If 9/11 was indeed the onset of World War III, we have to understand what this war is about. We're fighting to defeat an ideology: religious totalitarianism. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/opinion/27FRIE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Muslim Women as Symbols and Pawns By RINA AMIRI Envisioning a real peace, with women as key stakeholders in Afghanistan, requires looking beyond symbols. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/opinion/27AMIR.html?todaysheadlines ----- Catching the Urban Wave By D. J. WALDIE After 50 years of discarded opportunities, there are now new and hopeful signs that city life in Los Angeles has a chance of being revived. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/opinion/27WALD.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. 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