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The New York Times on the Web Saturday, January 5, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "Much very dangerous work remains to be done." -GEN. TOMMY R. FRANKS, commander of the allied operation in Afghanistan. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/international/asia/05MILI.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Hearing Is Set on Whether Terrorist Trial May Be Televised The judge presiding over the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui has scheduled a hearing next week to consider a request from Court TV to show it. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/national/05INQU.html?todaysheadlines ----- U.S. Looks at Whether Saudi Princess Enslaved Maid The Justice Department is investigating whether a Saudi princess held her live-in Indonesian maid in conditions of involuntary servitude. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/national/05SAUD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Writer Who Was Jailed in Notes Dispute Is Freed Vanessa Leggett, an aspiring author freed after more than five months in jail, faces the possibility of new contempt charges. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/national/05REPO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Tips and Tools to Help You Quit Smoking! 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For this information and more visit: http://ads.nyt.com/th.ad/th-nytiibhouseb/cessation.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.nytimes.com/smokingcessation \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= Practical Help for Afghans As allied forces narrow their hunt for Osama bin Laden, the broader mission is creating a stable, secure Afghanistan. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/opinion/05HOCH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Guido di Tella, 70, Argentine Ex-Minister, Dies Guido di Tella, the Argentine foreign minister who helped mend relations with Britain after the Falkland war in 1982, died on Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/obituaries/05TELL.html?todaysheadlines ----- World Briefing EUROPE. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/international/05BRIE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Nation's Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.8% The unemployment rate continued to creep upward last month, though fewer Americans lost their jobs than in any of the previous three months. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/business/05ECON.html?todaysheadlines ----- AT&T Plans to Lay Off 5,000 Workers In a continued attempt to reduce its costs, AT&T announced that it planned to lay off 5,000 employees this year. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/business/05PHON.html?todaysheadlines ----- Drug Middlemen Are Facing Pressure Over Rising Prices Pressure is building against a handful of powerful companies that have prospered for years as middlemen between drug manufacturers and those who pay for medicines. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/business/05DRUG.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Chinese Race to Supplant India in Software China, it seems, is focused on one goal: it would like to supplant India as the world's second-largest producer of software, after the United States. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/technology/05INDI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Wireless Companies Request Refund of Airwave Payments Mobile telephone companies that bid for airwaves held by NextWave and a second bankrupt carrier asked the government to return $3.2 billion in down payments for the licenses. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/business/05SPEC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Music Software Users Installed Tracking Program Unknowingly Internet users who installed popular software for sharing music and other computer files also unwittingly accepted a program that tracked their Web surfing habits. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/technology/05MUSI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Democrat Assails Bush on Economy Senator Tom Daschle on Friday accused President Bush and the Republicans of causing the "most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/politics/05DASC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush's Policy on Argentina Signals Shift in Approach President Bush's hard line stance on Argentina's economic crisis marks a break with the Clinton administrations polices towards emerging market economies. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/international/americas/05FUND.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush Asked to Drop Disputed Appointee The head of the Civil Rights Commission asked President Bush on Friday to drop his attempt to place a disputed appointee on the panel. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/AP-Bush-Civil-Rights.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Spurrier Resigns as N.F.L. Beckons Steve Spurrier, who spent 12 years as head coach at the University of Florida, resigned on Friday, saying he felt that his college coaching career was complete. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/sports/ncaafootball/05SPUR.html?todaysheadlines ----- Miami Enjoys Spoils That Go to a Champion After a month of debate about bowls and polls and computer rankings, a unanimous verdict named Miami as the champions of college football. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/sports/ncaafootball/05ROSE.html?todaysheadlines ----- With a Game to Play, Vikings Fire Green Minnesota's Dennis Green was forced out by the owner of the Vikings three days before the final game of the N.F.L.'s regular season. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/sports/football/05GREE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= U2, India Arie and Alicia Keys Lead Grammy Nominations U2 dominated the nominations for the 44th annual Grammy Awards, which are to be announced on Feb. 27 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/arts/05GRAM.html?todaysheadlines ----- Many Heavens, Many Ways to Get There Paradise, like righteousness, is a concept about which opinions clearly differ. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/arts/design/05PARA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Tony Kushner, the Prescient Playwright Excerpts from the opening monologue of Kushner's new play, "Homebody/Kabul." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/arts/theater/05TANK.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Charity Overwhelmed in Bid to Meet Attack Victims' Bills The Salvation Army, which offered to pay the household bills of Sept. 11 victims, is finding itself unable to write checks fast enough. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/nyregion/05SALV.html?todaysheadlines ----- Crash Inquiry Is Focusing on the Pilots Investigators looking into the crash of an American Airlines flight in Queens in November are now focusing on the performance of the pilots. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/nyregion/05CRAS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Kelly Focuses on City Defense and Bolstering Shelters' Safety Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly outlined his first initiatives as he was sworn in for a second tenure on Friday. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/nyregion/05KELL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= Patriotism on the Cheap By FRANK RICH The national New Year's resolution is Closure or Bust. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/opinion/05RICH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Practical Help for Afghans By FRED P. HOCHBERG As allied forces narrow their hunt for Osama bin Laden, the broader mission is creating a stable, secure Afghanistan. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/opinion/05HOCH.html?todaysheadlines ----- The New School Spirit By DONALD KENNEDY The departure of Tyrone Willingham, the much admired football coach at Stanford, for Notre Dame has set off some interesting faculty conversations at Stanford. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/05/opinion/05KENN.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDIEST CASES FUND ------------------------------------------------------------ Make an online donation this Holiday Season to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund to help thousands of people, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/neediestcases HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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