September 23, 2003

Chicago White Sox defeat New York Yankees, 6-3, in extra innings; photos (M)

Ahmad Chalabi, president of Iraq's interim government, is in New York to press alternatives to Bush administration's occupation policy in postwar Iraq, and perhaps also to complete his personal transformation from protege of Pentagon conservatives to Iraqi nationalist with loud, independent voice; professes gratitude to Bush administration for toppling Saddam Hussein's government but, contrary to US plan, he is demanding that Iraqi Governing Council be given at least partial control of powerful finance and security ministries, and rejects idea of more foreign troops coming to Iraq; says his strategy is to get from UN General Assembly sovereign status for unelected 25-member Governing Council; says he has sent representatives to France and Germany to discuss putting Iraqis back in charge under new UN mandate that would end American control of occupation, even if Aemrican troops remain in Iraq; denies being at cross purposes with Americans, but his arrival in New York with delegation determined to advance clock on sovereignty puts him and interim government he heads in direct confrontation with Pres Bush; photo (M)

Passengers in era of no-frill airline are bringing elaborate picnics on board to be consumed during flight; travelers, flight attendants and industry analysts say trend has become more pronounced since 9/11 attacks, which accelerated business downturn that has caused even full-fare airlines to often provide little more than snack; for flight attendants, trend has created problem of discarding mess of food, bags and boxes; passengers who fail to prepare at home can find food to take on trip at growing array of cafes that line airport concourses; photo (M)

Homeland Security Department and Federal Trade Commission open investigations into JetBlue Airways in response to airline's admission that it provided travel records of 1.1 million passengers in 2001 and 2002 to Army contractor Torch Concepts, violating its own privacy rules; moves come at JetBlue dicloses it has hired Deloitte & Touche to review company's privacy policies and determine if they needed to be revamped; airline apologized to customers last week after disclosing it provided Torch Concepts with more than five million computer files, reflecting travel records of 1.1 million passengers; Torch Concepts matched JetBlue records against other database to determine passengers' Social Security numbers, occupations and family size in effort to identify potential terrorists; Homeland Security Department chief privacy officer Nuala O'Connor Kelly is conducting inquiry; photo (M)

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