May 19, 2000

5-year-old girl who had cerebral palsy is found dead in her Bronx apartment, and preliminary report by chief medical examiner's office indicates that her tiny 17-pound body shows signs of acute malnutrition; law enforcement officials say that final autopsy report will be needed before they determine whether to seek criminal charges against mother, Ebony Carzan, 24, in death of her daughter Ahsianea; investigators say that woman's three other children appear healthy, but that apartment is filthy shambles, and that there is no food in refrigerator; photo of Ahsianea Carzan (M)

Time Warner's chairman said his company and Disney had resolved the dispute over the cable transmission of television channels owned by Disney. Neither company would disclose details of the agreement. Business Day, Page C1.

Growing pool of high-technology talent is attractive to employers in Europe and US, and is increasingly drawing multinationals like Trend Micro, America Online and Motorola to move some of their operations to Manila; that same computer-literate population is feeding surprisingly lively Internet start-up scene, in country where many annual incomes are typically around $1,000 and less than 1 percent of population uses Internet; skilled labor in Philippines has made country American favorite for everything from assembling electronics to writing software; chart; photos (M)

Alejandro Toledo, outspoken challenger in Peru's presidential race, says he is pulling out of runoff election because he believes vote will be fraud; Toledo asks Pres Alberto K Fujimori to delay vote to mid-June, so international election monitors can test computer systems to ensure clean vote; but Toledo does not promise to participate even then unless he receives equal time on main television stations; Fujimori says he will not change election day; Toledo's withdrawal apparently will enable Fujimori to win third five-year term in voting on May 28; his expected victory would cap campaign tainted by international observers' complaints of dirty tricks and vote tampering in first round; should Toledo and Fujimori hold firm, Clinton administration and Organization of American States would be put in difficult position of having to validate uncontested re-election victory or reject it because of irregularities; decision to reject election could lead to economic and political sanctions for Peru; photos (M)

Rudolph W. Giuliani has often been called operatic, but little in his past prepared the audience for yesterday's performance. It was a new character on stage: vulnerable, affectionate, introspective, indecisive, apologetic to his enemies, more concerned with being ''better as a person'' than winning a political fight. His enemies may doubt his conversion. One of his promises yesterday, to reach out to disaffected New Yorkers, was reminiscent of the overtures he made to minority-group voters in his second inaugural speech.