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Date Posted: 16:21:42 12/03/01 Mon

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TOP STORIES-- ......Aid worker: 'We were really scared' ......Fight rages for control of Kandahar

WORLD NEWS-- ......U.S. to call for Israeli withdrawal, sources say ......Aid workers freed from Afghanistan ......Death toll from Algeria floods could rise to 1,000

U.S. NEWS-- ......Aid workers 'rescued' from Afghanistan ......Crash probe eyes turbulence, tail section evidence ......Bush officials defend military trials in terror cases

BUSINESS from CNNmoney-- ......U.S. stocks push higher ......Packard Foundation to cast deciding vote ......Applied Materials misses by a penny

Sports from CNN/SI-- ......History-making Nets down Pacers, improve to 6-1 ......Johnson wins third straight NL Cy Young ......Carter puts on a show, but Raptors fall to Kings

Also ... ......POLITICS from AllPolitics ......SCI-TECH ......HEALTH ......ENTERTAINMENT ......Get involved with Chat and Message boards http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY

~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP STORIES ~~~~~~~~~~~

> AID WORKER: 'WE WERE REALLY SCARED'

Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U.S. helicopters Thursday.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/15/gen.aid.workers/index.html

> FIGHT RAGES FOR CONTROL OF KANDAHAR

Anti-Taliban forces continued to make swift and significant gains in Afghanistan, with heavy fighting reported here, but there were reports Thursday that the Taliban still control this key city.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/14/ret.afghan.attacks/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~

> U.S. TO CALL FOR ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL, SOURCES SAY

The Bush administration is expected to call for a major Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territories next week when Secretary of State Colin Powell delivers a speech on U.S. Mideast policy, senior administration sources and diplomats familiar with the speech's contents have told CNN.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/14/powell.mideast/index.html

> AID WORKERS FREED FROM AFGHANISTAN

President Bush said eight Western aid workers were rescued Wednesday more than three months after being detained by the Taliban.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/14/gen.war.against.terror/index.html

> DEATH TOLL FROM ALGERIA FLOODS COULD RISE TO 1,000

Rescuers feared the death toll from Algeria's devastating flash floods could rise to 1,000 -- nearly twice the current official toll -- as emergency teams sifted on Wednesday through tons of thick mud and debris.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/11/14/algeria.floods.reut/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~

> AID WORKERS 'RESCUED' FROM AFGHANISTAN

More than three months after being detained by the Taliban, eight Western aid workers were flown from Afghanistan to Pakistan by U.S. military helicopters, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. All were reported in good condition.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/14/gen.aid.workers/index.html

> CRASH PROBE EYES TURBULENCE, TAIL SECTION EVIDENCE

Investigators looking into whether turbulence from the takeoff of another plane contributed to Flight 587's crash said Wednesday the American Airlines jet was closer to the leading jet than first believed.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/14/new.york.crash/index.html

> BUSH OFFICIALS DEFEND MILITARY TRIALS IN TERROR CASES

Defending President Bush's decision to allow military tribunals -- not civilian courts -- to try non-U.S. citizens accused of terrorism, Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that terrorists "don't deserve the same guarantees and safeguards" of the American judicial system.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/14/inv.military.court/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSINESS from CNNmoney ~~~~~~~~~~~

> U.S. STOCKS PUSH HIGHER

U.S. stocks closed higher for the second day in a row Wednesday as investors took a small leap of faith, buying in hopes that the quarterly results from Hewlett-Packard, stronger than expected retail sales and progress in the war against terrorism will help get the economy rolling.

..... http://www.cnn.com/money/2001/11/14/markets/markets_newyork/

> PACKARD FOUNDATION TO CAST DECIDING VOTE

Opposition from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation could deal a death blow to Hewlett-Packard Co.'s proposed $20 billion takeover of Compaq Computer Corp.

..... http://www.cnn.com/money/2001/11/14/deals/column_hp/

> APPLIED MATERIALS MISSES BY A PENNY

Applied Materials Inc., the world's biggest maker of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, Wednesday reported an 82 percent drop in its fourth-quarter profit, missing Wall Street expectations by a penny.

..... http://www.cnn.com/money/2001/11/14/technology/amat/

~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports from CNN/SI ~~~~~~~~~~~

> HISTORY-MAKING NETS DOWN PACERS, IMPROVE TO 6-1

Jason Kidd and Keith Van Horn made sure there wouldn't be another comeback for the Indiana Pacers.

..... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/basketball/nba/news/2001/11/13/nets_pacers_ap/

> JOHNSON WINS THIRD STRAIGHT NL CY YOUNG

Randy Johnson didn't have to share this award with Curt Schilling.

..... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2001/11/13/nl_cy/

> CARTER PUTS ON A SHOW, BUT RAPTORS FALL TO KINGS

With only fragments of their familiar rhythm, the Sacramento Kings have found unusual ways to win without Chris Webber.

..... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/basketball/nba/news/2001/11/13/raptors_kings_ap/

~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICS from AllPolitics ~~~~~~~~~~~

> SEN. STROM THURMOND RETURNS TO HOSPITAL

Sen. Strom Thurmond, the Senate's oldest and longest serving member, has temporarily moved into Walter Reed Army Medical Center but will continue to come to work in the Senate each day, according to the South Carolina Republican's spokeswoman.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/14/strom.thurmond/index.html

> MIAMI ELECTS POLITICAL NEWCOMER AS MAYOR

Miami voters elected as their next mayor Tuesday a political rookie who fought unsuccessfully to keep Elian Gonzalez in the United States.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/14/politics.miami.reut/index.html

> HOUSE OKS FUNDS FOR ABANDONED BABY SAFE HAVENS

States would be able to tap into millions in federal dollars to create "safe havens" for abandoned infants under a measure passed by the House Tuesday.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/14/congress.children.ap/index.html

> FLORIDA RECOUNT STUDY: BUSH STILL WINS

A comprehensive study of the 2000 presidential election in Florida suggests that if the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed a statewide vote recount to proceed, Republican candidate George W. Bush would still have been elected president.

..... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/florida.ballots/stories/main.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ SCI-TECH ~~~~~~~~~~~

> COMDEX: THE SUITS CAN USE THE TABLET PC

Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates promoted the tablet PC during his Comdex keynote address for a second year, even though the machines aren't expected to be ready for another year.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/14/corporate.tablet.idg/index.html

> COMDEX: SONY'S 'INVISIBLE' NETWORK

One big happy network. Sony's Kunitake Ando is calling for enough love among the competitors (love of paying customers, at least) to create an "invisible" network of seamless computing -- a "ubiquitous value network," he calls it. To get his point across in a keynote address at Comdex Fall 2001, he brought along actors Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst of the upcoming Sony film release, "Spider-Man." And from the Las Vegas stage, he announced new corporate liaisons.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/12/comdex.sony.keynote/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ HEALTH ~~~~~~~~~~~

> LAST INHALATION ANTHRAX PATIENT GOES HOME

Postal worker Leroy Richmond was at home Wednesday, the last of six inhalation anthrax survivors to be released from the hospital.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/11/14/rec.last.anthrax/index.html

> ARTIFICIAL-HEART PATIENT SUFFERS STROKE

The first patient in the world to receive a self-contained artificial heart has suffered a stroke, doctors said Wednesday.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/14/artificial.heart.stroke/index.html

> STUDY: WOMEN MAY HAVE ANTI-STRESS HORMONE

A study has found young women are better able to cope with stress than young men, leading researchers to suggest there may be such a thing as a female "anti-stress" hormone.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/14/stress.hormones.ap/index.html

> BIOTERROR FEARS TAX STATE HEALTH RESOURCES

The past few months have left Colorado health officials swamped. Routine research is being shelved, scientists are being reassigned and grant writing is just a memory.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/14/rec.health.agencies.ap/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ ENTERTAINMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~

> DENNIS MILLER: A RANT WITH A VIEW

Writer, comedian, and NFL sportscaster Dennis Miller doesn't just march to his own drummer, he marches to his own orchestra -- complete with trumpets, a string section and percussion. Miller's biting observational humor is featured on his award-winning HBO series "Dennis Miller Live" and in his books of rants, the fourth of which, "The Rant Zone" (HarperCollins), has just been published.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/11/14/dennis.miller/index.html

> WARNER PREPS MASSIVE 'POTTER' ROLLOUT

Warner Bros., though frantically seeking to manage through-the-roof box office projections for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," hopes to bow its hugely anticipated release in an unprecedented number of theaters on Friday, Variety reports.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/14/film.harrypotter.reut/index.html

> COLLECTION FROM 'FIFTH BEATLE' SUTCLIFFE TO BE AUCTIONED

A retrospective devoted to Stuart Sutcliffe -- a founding member of the Beatles who helped shape the look of the band, forged a promising career as an artist and died at 21 -- went on display Tuesday at a London art gallery.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/11/13/britain.fifthbeatle.ap/index.html

> AWARD-WINNING FILM LOOKS AT LIFE UNDER TALIBAN

As the world's attention is focused on Afghanistan, a feature film about life under the Taliban has become a runaway success in Europe.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/12/kandahar.film/index.html

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