New Argentine economy minister, Domingo F Cavallo, secures fresh loan agreement with IMF, defusing, for time being, rumors of Argentina's impending defaulting on loans; he keeps up prodigious pace of new tax, tariff, currency and budget plans; photo (M)

In Argentina, More Room To Breathe

 U.S. Goes on Offensive  Washington said a vote removing it from the United Nations Human Rights Commission raises questions about the group.   PAGE A4    Outrage at Italian Candidate  Europe's news media attacked Silvio Berlusconi, leader of Italy's center right coalition and a top candidate for prime minister.   PAGE A3

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Clyde Haberman NYC column seeks to combine charitable giving and napping; in backlash against activities such as walking or bicycling that raise money for disease research, he suggests sleeping as alternative (M)

Be Inclusive: Take a Nap For Charity

Hollywood film and television writers reach tentative agreement with major studios and networks that, if ratified, will avert strike; Writers Guild sought groundbreaking changes in how writers are treated and paid, and reportedly has won on at least some economic issues; negotiators Michael Mahern for guild and Nicholas Counter for industry comment (M)

WRITERS IN ACCORD WITH THE STUDIOS

Preview of Sunday features in The New York Timesï

MEDICINE GOES GLOBAL

New York State lawmakers have over last four years set aside millions of dollars in unused federal welfare funds for programs to help New Yorkers leave rolls, but more than half of $1.19-billion accumulated has not been spent; not spent are funds for transportation help, drug treatment and job training; New York and California rank highest among states having trouble spending windfalls from welfare reform; state officials say it takes time to create new programs, and that US did not issue regulations until two years ago; analysts compare strategies in other states (M)

NEW YORK STATE IS SLOW TO SPEND WELFARE WINDFALL

Asian employees of Lucent Technologies and leaders of groups representing Asian scientists and engineers in US express concern over arrests of three men in New Jersey on charges of stealing Lucent trade secrets; are concerned about how Asian and Asian-Americans working in technology-oriented businesses are treated in US; the men arrested, Hai Lin and Kai Xu, Lucent marketing engineers, and Yong-Qing Cheng, marketing director of Village Networks, are accused transferring proprietary information about device that allows companies to handle traffic on Internet-based communications networks ComTriad Technologies, a venture financed and effectively controllled by Datang Telecom Technology Co of Beijing, which is majority owned by Chinese government; photo (M)

Asian Employees at Lucent Are Troubled by Handling of Arrests

Labor Department reports April jobless rate of 4.5 percent, with loss of 223,000 jobs, largest one-month decline since Feb 1991 during recession; job cutbacks appear to have spread from manufacturing and temporary employment to vast service sector as well; graphs; report seems assured to lead to another half-point cut in interest rates later in month (M)

223,000 JOBS LOST

Montagnards, minority of 700,000 people indigenous to mountainous areas in Vietnam who fought against Hanoi and communism during Vietnam War, voice concern about American economic ties with Hanoi and stage protests at American Stock Exchange and United Nations; they are in danger of losing what they consider ancestral territory as coffee plantations spread into highlands and are trying to encourage Americans to boycott Vietnamese coffee; photo (M)

New Protests In Old Conflict With Vietnam; The Montagnards Bring Their Fight to New York

 Jobless Rate Continued Its Ascent in April, to 4.5%  The unemployment rate, which has been inching up since a low of 3.9 percent in October, rose again in April to 4.5 percent from 4.3 percent in March.    The work force fell last month by an estimated 223,000 jobs on top of a loss of 53,000 jobs the previous month, the Labor Department reported. The back-to-back job losses indicated to some analysts that the already sluggish economy has become even weaker and may be nearing, or even in, a recession. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Report noted on finding that some babies born via new infertility treatment have genes from three different people

3rd Set of Genes Used In Fertility Treatment

Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Tie Domi is suspended for remainder of playoffs because of 'vicious, unprovoked attack' on New Jersey Devils Scott Niedermayer; photo (M)

Maple Leafs' Domi Draws Suspension For Rest of Playoffs

Pope John Paul II tries to mend ancient rift with Orthodox faith, expressing 'deep regret' for misdeeds of Roman Catholic Church as he makes first papal visit to Greece since two churches split apart; pope laments sack of Constantinople by Crusaders in 1204, one of historic grievances that led conservative priests to protest his arrival by tolling church bells in mourning; Abp Christodoulos leads Orthodox bishops in applause as Roman Catholic cardinals clap more softly; day also includes warm clerical embraces and other signs of thaw; joint statement is read on rocky hill beneath Acropolis where St Paul preached Gospel; photos (M)

In Athens, Pope Seeks to Mend An Ancient Rift

Article on Republicans who are taking on task of actually carrying out Pres Bush's 'compassionate conservatism'; former Gov Tommy Thompson, who complained mightily about federal bureaucracy, now finds himself in belly of beast as health and human services secretary, with budget bigger than that of all but five countries; other Republicans in period of adjustment include returning veterans Mitchell E Daniels Jr at OMB and Margaret La Montagne, domestic policy assistant working on education; interviews; photos (M)

Serving Along the Front Line In Battle for the Bush Agenda

Stocks drop sharply on surprisingly negative report on unemployment, then reverse to close with gains; Dow Jones Industrial Average's 154.59 gain leaves it at 10,951.24; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rises 18.03, to 1,266.61; Nasdaq composite index goes up 45.33, to 2,191.53; Treasury prices fall on jobs data; 10-year Treasury note falls 1/32, to 98 15/32, its yield unchanged at 5.20 percent; 30-year bond loses 15/32, to 95 26/32; its yield rises 5.67 percent, up from Thursday's 5.63 percent; chart; list of key rates (M)

More Bad News, and the Stock Markets Are Happy to Hear It

William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column praises Toronto Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens; says he is adaptable rather than predictable; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Tinker Here, Cajole There, And Presto

Article discusses careful planning used in training Monarchos for Kentucky Derby (M)

Monarchos Strategy Was Geared for Derby

Young people lured to San Francisco Bay Area by dot-com jobs that no longer exist express little panic, and indeed many are taking time off, planning extended summer travels and otherwise regaining youth they feel they denied themselves during Internet boom; attitude worries parents and even some experts, who say that these young people are being cavalier and that jobs may not be so plentiful or high paying by time they decide to jump back in; photos (M)

What, Us Worry?; Layoff: A Spring Break For Some In the Dot-Com Generation

New York City Schools Chancellor Harold O Levy disciplines four public school employees involved in mishandled 1998 inquiry into allegations of sexual assault by Milton McFarlane, Bronx second-grade teacher (M)

Levy Punishes Four Involved In '98 Inquiry

Anti-grass movement takes hold in stately old Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle, where several homeowners have replaced high-maintenance lawns with variety of creative flora; photos; many people in area regions have long since thrown in sprinkler but change is now coming even to famously rainy areas, no easy feat in country devoted to its green grass; photos of Seattle homeowners Barbara Porter and Pamela Burton in their new yards (M)

Grass Is Gone on Other Side of These Fences

Dr Antonia C Novello, New York State Commissioner of Health, suspends license of Mohammad Oloumi, president of medical board of New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, calling him danger to patients; Oloumi is currently under investigation by Health Dept for numerous charges of negligence and incompetence; Methodist has more doctors that have been disciplined or investigated in negligence cases than any other hospital in New York City; photo (M)

State Suspends License of a Prominent Doctor at Methodist

Toronto Raptors defeat New York Knickerbockers, 93-89, winning first round series of Eastern Conference playoffs, 3-2; photo (M)

Knicks Exit, Heads Shaking

Article discusses racial changes since 1960's in town of Hillcrest, NY; once home to secular Jews leaving New York City, 2000 census figures show that Hillcrest lost greater percentage of whites in 1990's than any other place in New York and now has Rockland County's highest percentage of African-Americans and Asians, making it one of New York's most diverse communities; photo (M)

In Rockland Suburb, Deep Racial Change Melts Into the Everyday

Iran Pres Mohammad Khatami registers as candidate for re-election, ending months of speculation; gives emotional speech vowing to continue efforts to carry out political and social changes despite fierce conservative opposition (S)

Iran's President Seeks New Term, Vowing More Political Change

Computer Associates attributes its overstatement of annual profits by $130 million to typographical error; April 29 article quoted former employees and independent analysts as saying that accounting maneuvers by CA have for years inflated company's sales and profits; double-counting items previously reported seems to be part of company's accounting practices (M)

Error in Type Gets Blame For Inflating Profit Figure

Morris Cole Graves was an American painter. He was one of the earliest Modern artists from the Pacific Northwest to achieve national and international acclaim. His style, referred to by some reviewers as Mysticism, used the muted tones of the Northwest environment, Asian aesthetics and philosophy, and a personal iconography of birds, flowers, chalices, and other images to explore the nature of consciousness.

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