December 8, 2003

Northeast storm of Dec 6 and 7 dumps record amount of snow on New York City; Central Park records 14 inches; many New Yorkers come out to play as city continues cleanup; photo (M)

Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants, 20-7; photos (M)

Freddie Mac, seeking to step away from its accounting troubles, names Richard F Syron chief executive and chairman; he disussses plans, phone interview; chairman Shaun O'Malley, who will become board's lead director, says 2003 financial data should be ready next June; Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight director Armando Falcon Jr welcomes appointment; chief exec Gregory Parseghian's continued role since board agreed to replace him has riled regulators (M)

Ben Brantley reviews play Nothing But the Truth, written by and starring John Kani and directed by Janice Honeyman; photos (M)

Broadly worded set of principles to end North Korea's nuclear program is agreed to by United States, South Korea and Japan; it calls for 'coordinated' set of steps in which five nations would offer North Korea security guarantee as it begins verifiable disassembly of its nuclear facilities; statement is being sent to China's leaders in hopes that Beijing will pass it on to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il; Bush administration and Asian officials say North Korea might object to offer because it sets no timetable for energy or economic aid to country, and because it would require inspections of suspect facilities that have never before been opened; joint position does not demand that North Korea return to Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, as called for in past, because American, Chinese and South Korean officials doubt that Kim would agree to re-enter treaty; omission of that demand may fit well with plans of Bush administration hawks, who say movements of inspectors from International Atomic Energy Agency were so restricted in North Korea that their presence was nearly useless; they say administration will insist that North Korean disarmament be verified by teams of American and Asian inspectors, backed by intelligence gathered by satellites and interviews with North Korean defectors (M)