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By REUTERS, 10:52 A.M. ET
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Saturday urged Arab leaders to help the United States and its allies force Iraq to give up its arms quest. Go to Article
On Eve of a Visit by Powell, Rising Unrest in the Mideast

Bush Tells Blair He Doesn't Oppose New Europe Force
By DAVID E. SANGER
FROM SATURDAY'S TIMES
President Bush endorsed a European rapid-reaction force, telling Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that the United States had no objections as long as it was clearly secondary to NATO.

Interest Groups Are Gearing Up for High-Stakes Tax Cut Fight
By ALISON MITCHELL
FROM SATURDAY'S TIMES
A broad swath of interest groups and business lobbyists are mounting full-scale campaigns for or against President Bush's $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax cut proposal.

Pentagon Prohibits Civilians From Sitting at Any Controls
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
FROM SATURDAY'S TIMES
The defense secretary put a temporary ban on civilians sitting at the controls of military equipment, and the Navy announced the dispatch of a senior admiral to Japan to explain the details of the Greeneville collision.




(AP)
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who began the first leg of his Middle East tour in Cairo on Saturday, plans to explore ways to revive Arab support for sanctions against Iraq. Go to Article

BUSINESS
For Last Paycheck, More Workers Cede Their Rights to Sue (12:00 a.m.)

POLITICS
Budget Office's Estimates for Drug Spending Grow (12:00 a.m.)

NATIONAL
Spy-Hunt Team Followed Trail to F.B.I. Agent (12:00 a.m.)


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Motorola Says It May Post Quarterly Loss, First in 15 Years 1:19 a.m. ET

Russian Military Plants Struggle to Change With Times 11:09 p.m. ET

California Plans to Buy Utility's Wires 1:37 a.m. ET

DaimlerChrysler Weighs Steps to End Losses; Truck Unit Is Focus 11:09 p.m. ET

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NATIONAL

Most Colleges Are Expected to Continue to Use the SAT 11:21 p.m. ET

A Mexican Border War Turns, but Is Not Yet Won 3:00 a.m. ET

California Plans to Buy Utility's Wires 1:37 a.m. ET

General Motors Sues California Over Quota for Electric Car Sales 11:24 p.m. ET

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POLITICS

Hollywood Friend Had Clinton's Ear for 2 Late Pardons 12:41 a.m. ET

Inquiry Focuses on Commuted Sentences for 4 New Yorkers 1:00 a.m. ET

A Life Beyond Being a President's Sibling 12:46 a.m. ET

Bush Seeks Increases for Health Research 11:48 p.m. ET

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HEALTH

Bush Proposes Boosting N.I.H. Funding by $2.8 Billion 8:30 p.m. ET

Doubters Fault Theory Finding Earlier Puberty 2:04 a.m. ET

What's in an Inkblot? Some Say, Not Much 2:04 a.m. ET

Samson Diagnosis: Antisocial Personality Disorder, With Muscles 2:04 a.m. ET

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SCIENCE

Physicists Thrill to Finding of Superconductor 11:57 p.m. ET

Scientists Find Signs of Meteor Crash That Led to Extinctions in Era Before Dinosaurs 3:44 p.m. ET

Surprise in the Heavens as Energy Is Detected in a Brown Dwarf 4:09 p.m. ET

DNA Shows Malaria Helped Topple Rome 4:11 p.m. ET

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ARTS

Screwdriver Scholars and Pencil Punditry: Society's Material Culture Garners Academic Scrutiny 11:12 p.m. ET

Judge Rejects Most Claims by Law Firms in Auction Suit 11:12 p.m. ET

Critic's Notebook: A Jewish Canon, Yes, But Not Set in Stone 11:12 p.m. ET

Shelf Life: From the Margins of Literature, Blasphemy Beckons 11:12 p.m. ET

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INTERNATIONAL

Guinea in Crisis as Area's Refugees Pour In 12:07 a.m. ET

Toll of Ethnic Violence in Indonesia Reaches 200 2:16 a.m. ET

Colombian to Ask Bush for Trade Help 2:16 a.m. ET

The Peruvian Revolution Is Being Televised 2:54 a.m. ET

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N.Y. REGION

Consensus Is Lacking on Bilingual Education 11:59 p.m. ET

Warner LeRoy, Restaurant Impresario, Dies at 65 3:39 a.m. ET

Old Cedar Hunting Decoys Are Gold to Collectors 12:54 a.m. ET

Behind Trade Center Deal, the Toughest of the Tough in Real Estate 11:50 p.m. ET

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SPORTS

Jackson Hears Cheers, but Suns Swipe the Victory 1:55 a.m. ET

For Jackson, Déjà Vu of Sorts 1:58 a.m. ET

Parents' Trip From Russia to UConn Is Well Worth It 12:47 a.m. ET

A Broken Seat Belt Is Found in Car Driven by Earnhardt 12:47 a.m. ET

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TECHNOLOGY

Motorola Says It May Post Quarterly Loss, First in 15 Years 1:19 a.m. ET

Kozmo.com to Lay Off More Workers and Focus on Offline Sales 1:38 a.m. ET

Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis -- and 15 years old 3:16 a.m. ET

Physicists Thrill to Finding of Superconductor 11:57 p.m. ET

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LIVING

Warner LeRoy, Restaurant Impresario, Dies at 65 3:39 a.m. ET

Cuttings: An Acorn and What It Sprouted 1:39 a.m. ET

Weekend Excursion: Surrendering to Scenery and Snow 11:13 p.m. ET

Diner's Journal: Mary's Fish Camp 11:13 p.m. ET

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BOOKS

Rick Moody's 'Demonology': Lexical Overdrive Feb. 24

Julian Barnes's 'Love, Etc.': Talking It Over Some More Feb. 24

'Hillary's Turn': A Columnist's Account of Mrs. Clinton's Senate Race Feb. 24

Brown v. Board of Education Reconsidered Feb. 24

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