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Putin Pushes Foreign Policy As Washington finds its way on foreign policy, focusing now on China, Moscow is poised to move in where America disengaged. PAGE A6 Drilling in Rockies Studied A task force is reviewing a plan to open millions of acres of public land to oil and gas drilling, much of it in the Rocky Mountains. PAGE A12
Bank of Korea plans to dip into foreign exchange reserves for first time since economic crisis of 1997 and 1998 to shore up declining Korean won; cites fears that won's sharp fall could destabilize economy and unnerve financial markets (S)
Dow Jones industrial average gains 402.63 points, or 4.2 percent, to close at 9,918.05; Nasdaq composite index rises 146.20 points, or 8.9 percent, to 1,785; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index jumps 48.19 points, or 4.4 percent, to 1,151.44; US Treasury bond prices fall; 10-year note falls 14/32, to 100 7/32; yield rises to 4.97 percent from 4.91 percent; price of 30-year bond falls 24/32, to 97 25/32; yield rises to 5.53 percent from 5.48 percent; graphs on intraday fluctuations in Dow Jones industrial average and tax-exempt yields; charts on stocks with large price percentage gains and losses, Nasdaq's best days and US key interest rates; photo (M)
Brazilian companies and some overseas concerns are scrambling for more energy sources to maker sure their electricity needs will be met; independent local and foreign power developers, like EnergyWorks, based on Landover, Md, are hoping to be of service, offering to construct minipower plants on companies' promises; EnergyWorks is unit of Spain's Iberdrola SA; photo (M)
Dave Anderson, in Sports of The Times, comments on Tiger Wood's prospects at Masters Golf Tournament, Augusta, Georgia; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 4, 2001, covering April 6, 2001.
Shaggy
112
Dave Matthews Band
Trick Daddy
Aerosmith
2001Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver[†]
Oscar Jack Piastri is an Australian racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren. Piastri has won seven Formula One Grands Prix across three seasons.
2001Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player[†]
Moritz "Mo" Seider is a German professional ice hockey defenceman for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted sixth overall by the Red Wings in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
2001Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (born 1963)[†]
Charles & Eddie was an American soul music duo composed of Charles Pettigrew and Eddie Chacon. Their single "Would I Lie to You?", taken from their 1992 debut album, Duophonic, won Ivor Novello Awards in 1993 in the Best Contemporary Song, Best-Selling Song and International Hit of the Year categories. From 1992 to 1995 they hit the top 40 three more times in the UK.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]