November 30, 2001

Enron seeks protection from some of its creditors in Europe; lets traders dissolve positions through its online unit; desperately seeks ways to restructure, most likely in bankruptcy filing within days; jockeying begins for Enron properties abroad, while financial companies, trading partners and governments rush to calculate how much Enron owes them and their likely losses; tensions mount between Enron and Dynegy, which withdrew its takeover offer; Moody's Investors Service weighs downgrading Dynegy's credit because of dispute; Rep Billy Tauzin and Sen Jeff Bingaman set probes; tables of Enron assets and of companies facing big losses because of collapse (M)

Great Universal Stores reports 13 percent rise in profits for six-months ended Sept 30 thanks to recovery under way at Burberry's and Experian units (S)

Elaborate farewells to firefighters who died Sept. 11 have come to symbolize a country in mourning, and have drawn firefighters from around the world. But the emotionally draining ceremonies are held so often that a reluctant air of the routine has settled upon a once-singular ritual. Article, Page B1.

Wellcome Trust will reduce its 2.5 percent stake in GlaxoSmithKline by selling minimum of $1.42 billion and possibly up to $3.3 billion worth of its shares; GlaxoSmithKline will buy up to $1.42 billion of its own stock as part of $5.6 billion buyback (S)

Article in series, Death and Denial, exploring aspects of HIV epidemic in South Africa, describes plight of rape victims; country has one of world's highest rape rates; in rural KwaZulu/Natal province, there is 40 percent chance that young male rapist is HIV positive; public health system does not provide antiretroviral drug therapy for people with HIV, so infection means virtual certainty of death for many rape victims; by law, accused rapist could refuse blood test; this means that even if drugs were available, young women often would not get them in time; photos; map (L)