April 20, 2002

Article reviews two days in which Venezuelan Pres Hugo Chavez was ousted by business and military leaders, and then restored when pro-Chavez crowds demand return and uprising collapses; photos; chronology (M)

Continuing struggle over Madagascar's Dec 16 presidential elections has taken life out of country's garment industry, which boomed after US cut quotas and duties on clothing from dozens of poor African countries; anger of elections has led to widespread strikes; Antananarivo, capital and manufacturing center, is loyal to Marc Ravalomanana, its mayor, and is blockaded by militias loyal to Pres Didier Ratsiraka and thus unable to obtain raw materias like fabric and to ship finished goods abroad; photos (M)

William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column discusses outspoken New York Knicks fan Spike Lee, who says he will not transfer enthusiasm to New Jersey Nets now that Knicks are out of playoffs and Nets have shot at championship; photo (M)

Carolina Hurricanes defeat New Jersey Devils, 2-1, in Game 2 of Eastern Conference playoff series; Hurricanes lead series, 2-0; photos (M)

Current and former accountants at Arthur Andersen believe that steadily increasing pressure to bring in revenues gradually transformed firm and led its auditors to sign off on clients' results that they would never have approved in past; also cite clients' greater aggressiveness with auditors, pressures that arose after splitting of consulting and accounting operations in 1989 and changes in accounting industry, whose rules have become more complex, more like tax code than set of principles (M)