October 24, 2001

Israel turned down President Bush's request to withdraw its forces from Palestinian-controlled territory, putting new pressure on American-Israeli relations and the anti-terror coalition with Arab allies. Israel's foreign minister, Shimon Peres, said in Washington that Israel would not pull out until the Palestinians arrested the men who killed Israel's tourism minister. Article, Page A8.

New York Yankees want time to bask in afterglow of winning pennant before thinking about facing Arizona Diamondbacks in World Series; chart compares pitching statistics compiled by Diamondbacks Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson with those of Yankees Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte; photos (M)

R W Apple Jr, visiting Trieste, Italy, reports on his meeting with Ernesto Illy, chemist, chairman of Illycaffe and espresso evangelist extraordinaire; photos (L)

Overview of day's events in war on terrorism and spreading anthrax scare (M)

Journalists at French newspaper Le Monde votes in favor of listing company on French stock market within two years; resolution would make Le Monde first French newspaper to be traded publicly; management hopes to raise $89 million by issuing 20 percent of its shares (S)

French telecommunications equipment giant Alcatel will take control of its Chinese joint venture, Shanghai Bell, and then consolidate rest of its 17 operations in China under company; Alcatel will pay $312 million to buy shares held by Chinese and Belgian governments, increasing its stake in venture to 51 percent from 31.65 percent; Chinese Ministry of Information Inmdustries will retain 49 percent of Alcatel Shanghai Bell (M)

Capturing New York skyline, whether on canvas, on film or with naked eye, has become complicated, even emotionally wrenching act in wake of loss of World Trade Center, which is perhaps the most devastating change in American history to architectural identity of a city; presence of twin towers in some images is too disturbing a reminder of Sept 11 for some people, but others object if towers are removed from images, comparing it to airbrushing of history; destruction has made towers beloved in way a departed relative may be thought of more fondly after death than in life; photos (M)

Bank of Canada lowers its benchmark interest rate target three-quarters of percentage point, to 2.75 percent (S)

Court workers in Jersey City Muncipal Court recall Port Authority Police Officers Donald Foreman, Walter McNeil and Nathaniel Webb, who were denizens of court, testifying often at Holland Tunnel traffic violations hearings; all three were killed in Sept 11 terrorist attacks (M)

Brazil's Embraer, formally known as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, will have to hunker down for year or two to weather aviation downturn; company's hopes for 70-passenger ERJ-170 jet and its regional-jet siblings are undimmed because Embraer expects current crisis to propel market to embrace smaller aircraft; Embraer president Mauricio Botelho says many of big airlines like Continental and United are already announcing that they are substituting narrow-body aircraft with regional jets; photo (M)

William Grimes finds that restaurant and food industries are responding to terrorist attacks with various expressions of patriotism in their offerings; examples cited (M

British advertising agency WPP Group says it has received new information that supports its efforts to abort takeover of Tempus Group; WPP says Sept 11 terrorist attacks brought adverse change to Tempus's business (S)