January 30, 2003

Josephine and Shan Lin are found dead, their bodies bound with duct tape and heads covered in plastic bags, in their Williamsburg, Brooklyn, apartment; there are no signs of forced entry and police have not determined motive for killings; couple is remembered as active in Asian-American organizations and generous contributors to Republican candidates; photo (M)

Hindustan Lever, India's largest consumer products company, says profit rose 7 percent in fourth quarter of 2002 (S)

Lincoln High School (NYC) junior Sebastian Telfair is already getting royal treatment as one of basketball's most closely-watched prodigies; photos (M)

Profile of Roger Raichle, retiring horticulturist at University of California at Berkeley, and his partner, David McCrory, garden designer; they are moving from their home and gardens in Berkeley hills to 25-acre vineyard with three houses and redwood glen near Sebastopol; photos (L)

Pres Bush's top national security aides debate whether to declassify satellite photographs of suspected Iraqi weapons sites and truck convoys, as well as telephone intercepts and interviews with defectors and detainees, to demonstrate that Iraq is defying weapons inspections; officials search for way for Secretary of State Colin L Powell to make credible argument at United Nations, without harming sources of intelligence; evidence being considered is never entirely reliable, which adds another layer of uncertainty; Powell reportedly wants to be armed with brief containing few select, vivid items of solid evidence, not mosaic of murky material that could be discounted by skeptical allies and critics of Bush administration; officials say crucial part of Powell's case will center on continuing Iraqi obstruction, including fact that Iraq has so far made it impossible for UN inspectors to fly U-2 surveillance aircraft over country (M)