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Speech interface technology is being applied to hand-held computers, overcoming size and power constraints and liberating users from tiny screens and keyboards; photo of IBM speech engineer with Palm device that can recognize speech and reply (M)
Quebecor World of Montreal cuts its third-quarter profit forecast 15 percent and says it is laying off 2,400 workers, or 6 percent of payroll; also plans to take pretax revamping charge of about $225 million in fourth quarter, and close 7 of its 160 plants; most cuts will be in US (S)
Article discusses transformation of Pres Bush's presidency since Sept 11 terrorist attacks on America; most of long-term domestic agenda is set aside to make way for fight against terrorism, which has become mission of his presidency; White House has been reorganized, global alliances reassessed and president himself is focused as never before; even harshest critics say he is rising to occasion; photo (M)
American officials say Osama bin Laden is using network of shops that sell honey--staple of Middle Eastern life--to generate income and secretly move weapons, drugs and agents throughout Al Qaeda, his terrorist network; say honey entrepreneurs include some of bin Laden's top associates like Abu Zubeidah, Palestinian director of Al Qaeda external affairs who controls movements of recruits in and out of bin Laden's camps, and Khalil al-Deek, Palestinian-American who was jailed in Jordan but then released in connection with plots to blow up sites in United States and Jordan around millennium; Bush administration considers adding names of some of honey shops under investigation to list of people and entities whose assets US wants frozen by allies around world; honey stores officials say are controlled by Al Qaeda are found throughout Middle East as well as in Pakistan; officials say stores provide legitimate revenue for bin Laden's terrorist network; photos (M)
St Louis Cardinals defeat Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-1, to tie series, 1-1; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 10, 2001, covering October 11, 2001.
Jay-Z
Alicia Keys
Various Artists
Enya
Nickelback
2001Maja ChwaliĆska, Polish tennis player[â ]
Maja ChwaliĆska is a Polish tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 121, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 99, achieved on 21 April 2025. She won her first senior singles title at a ITF Circuit tournament in Bytom in July 2019, having already won four ITF doubles titles up to that point.
2001Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer[â ]
Daniel Maldini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and the Italy national team.
2001Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player[â ]
Jacob Preston is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
2001Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress[â ]
Chu Ye-jin is a South Korean actress. She was a contestant on Mnet's girl group survival program Produce 101.
2001Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)[â ]
Beni Montresor was an Italian artist, opera and film director, set designer, author and children's book illustrator. He won the 1965 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing May I Bring a Friend?. The Italian government knighted him in 1966 for his contributions to the arts.
2001The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.[â ]
Polaroid Corporation was an American company that made instant film and cameras, which survives as a brand for consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit his Polaroid polarizing polymer. Land and Polaroid created the first instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1948.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[â ]