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In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]
2001Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player[†]
Wang Xinyu is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, she won the women's doubles title at the 2023 French Open. She also won a silver medal in mixed doubles, alongside Zhang Zhizhen at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Supreme Court will rule on constitutionality of Ohio's school voucher program that helps Cleveland parents pay tuition at religious schools; Bush administration backs Ohio's appeal of federal appeals court ruling that program is unconstitutional; 96 percent of 4,266 children in program are enrolled in religious schools; case could be most closely watched of 2001-2002 term; Court also keeps alive constitutional challenge to execution of mentally retarded criminals, dismissing North Carolina case as moot and accepting new Virginia case; Court will also decide whether public housing tenants may be evicted if relative or guest commits drug crime without tenant's knowledge (M)
Commercial pilots have begun to plot new strategies for fighting back against hijackers in wake of terrorist attacks; pilots and airlines, after decades of training to respond passively to hijackers' demands, are adopting more aggressive stance; some pilots now personally screen passengers, use code words to communicate with crews, block entry to cockpit and tell passengers how to combat hijackers; many have ousted suspicious passengers, refused to fly in some instances and diverted for emergency landings; many are hesitant about arming pilots, interviews; photo (M)
Mexico's Banorte will purchase government-owned Bancrecer for $175 million (S)
Lisa Belkin column on crying in the office, something that career counselors strongly advise against; drawing (M)
Some New York restaurants are crammed and others empty in wake of terrorist attack on World Trade Center; people seem to want a crowd, favoring restaurants that are already crowded over those with plenty of tables; photos (M)
Greenspan and Rubin Oppose 2 Stimulus Ideas Influential economic advisers and key members of Congress expressed opposition to two of the main Republican proposals for stimulating spending to bolster the economy. Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, and Robert E. Rubin, the former treasury secretary, advised Congress against cutting the capital gains tax or reducing corporate income taxes. [Page A1.]
Federal authorities say about twenty people arrested after Sept 11 terrorist attack obtained or tried to obtain special driver's licenses allowing them to transport explosives, poisons or other hazardous materials; not known is whether men were part of hijacking plot, but arrests prompt FBI warnings to New York and other cities about threat of truck bombs or use of trucks in chemical attack; New York intensifies spot inspections of trucks at bridges and tunnels; photo; Atty Gen John Ashcroft tells Senate Judiciary Committee that suspects may have links to hijackers; also points to reports that Mohamed Atta, suspected key figure in hijackings, asked suspicious questions about crop-dusting planes; Robert Epling of Community Bank of Florida says employees identified Atta as man asking about federal loan to set up crop-dusting business (M)
Metro Matters column, noting possibility that Rudolph Giuliani might seek to extend his term as New York City mayor despite term limits, says that electoral process and orderly transfer of power would be deliberately upset in ways country has not seen before (M)
Coles Myer Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, will lay off 1,000 workers as part of large-scale plan to cut costs and improve earnings (S)
Investors dump stock of Daiei, Japan's largest supermarket chain, fearful that Daiei may be sliding same way that claimed a major rival, Mycal Corp; not even emergency news conference called by company's chief executive to reassure investors that Daiei's lenders are standing behind it can stop decline; company says it will report 1 billion yen ($8.5 million) in group operating profit for half-year ended Aug 31, a fifth of earlier estimates (M)
Total of 178 Staten Island residents, or former residents recently moved, are dead or missing in World Trade Center terrorist attack; of those, 78 are firefighters; several borough residents and community officials comment; photo (M)
France's Vinci abandons its $754 million bid for TBI, which manages London Luton among other airports; graph (S)