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Inspection of houses becomes more sophisticated as list of home buyers' concerns lenghtens; safety, health and structural integrity are chief concerns; photos (M)
John Bridges, Nashville's cultural affairs director and author of books on manners for men, discusses his views of proper social behavior; interview; photo (M)
Statues of St George and Dragon and Seth Thomas clock they are part of are installed atop Loew's Jersey Theater in Jersey City, marking most visible milestone in long-running rescue of theater; photos (M)
Intense political spotlight is now on Senate Democrats and their leader, Tom Daschle, as party gains majority power with Sen James Jeffords's departure from Republican fold; photo (M)
Congress gives final approval to $1.35-trillion tax cut over next decade, starting with rebate checks this summer that could give quick jolt to lagging economy; bill passes House, 240-154, and Senate, 58-33; 28 Democrats join all House Republicans and 12 Democratic senators join 46 Republicans; photos; Pres Bush welcomes passage; Democratic leader Sen Tom Daschle 'short-term politics,' and predicts Congress will have to make corrections later; immediate $300-600 rebates and phased-in provisions explained, including gradual cut in federal estate tax and tax rate cut; all provisions end by 2011 unless future Congress re-enacts them (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 23, 2001, covering May 27, 2001.
Destiny's Child
Paul McCartney
Janet
Various Artists
Soundtrack
2001Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.[†]
Abu Sayyaf, officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, was a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It was based in and around Jolo and Basilan islands in the southwestern part of the Philippines, where for more than five decades, Moro groups had been engaged in an insurgency seeking to make Moro Province independent. The group was considered violent and was responsible for the Philippines' worst terrorist attack, the bombing of the MV Superferry 14 in 2004, which killed 116 people. The name of the group was derived from Arabic abu, and sayyaf. As of April 2023, the group was estimated to have about 20 members, down from 1,250 in 2000. They used mostly improvised explosive devices, mortars and automatic rifles.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]