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Northern Alliance commanders report capture of city of Kunduz, last Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan: deputy defense minister, Atiqullah Baryalai, says Taliban troops have fled west to uncertain fate toward army of another alliance general, Abdul Rashid Dostum; photo (M)
Cabaret team of Justin Bond (Kiki) and Kenny Mellman (Herb) is going Off Broadway with Christmas show entitled There's a Stranger in the Manger! at Westbeth Theater Center; more than 75 dancers, musicians and other artists will convene at seven downtown Manhattan locations for two-week series of performances, workshops and classes, sponsored by nonprofit group Movement Research, part of Annual Improvisation Festival/NY; Philadelphia Art Alliance will be host of Weegee's Story: From the Berinson Collection, exhibit of crime-related photographs taken by Arthur Fellig, who was known as Weegee; Dallas Opera will present new version of Emile Zola's book Therese Raquin, opera by New York City-born composer Tobias Picker and produced by Francesca Zambello; photos (M)
On College Football column discusses probable contenders in Rose Bowl (M)
Security ban on single-driver vehicles into Manhattan in wake of Sept 11 attacks causes financial hardship for parking garage operators, whose business has dramatically declined (M)
Barnes & Noble chairman, Leonard Riggio, indicates that his company, largest US bookstore chain, will conduct substantive negotiations with publishers to obtain better wholesale deals, even during this difficult financial period in publishing industry (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 21, 2001, covering November 26, 2001.
Britney Spears
Pink Floyd
Michael Jackson
Enrique Iglesias
Enya
2001Pau Víctor, Spanish footballer[†]
Pau Víctor Delgado is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for La Liga club Barcelona.
2001Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (born 1943)[†]
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áilu in the Northern Sámi language and with the stage name of Áillohaš, was a Finnish-born Norwegian Sámi writer, musician and artist. He was one of the most internationally recognised contributors of Sámi culture. He was mostly known for his joiks and poems. He was the official provincial artist of Lapland from 1978 to 1983. He was given the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1991 for his work called Beaivi, áhčážan.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]