February 11, 2005

A O Scott reviews movie Hitch, directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes; photo (M)

One-of-a-kind fashion accessories inspired by New York City subways are on view at New York Transit Museum shop in Grand Central Terminal and will be sold in online auction to raise money for museum; they are latest and most expensive items to use subways as designer logo; sales of subway-inspired products now account for more than one-third of $4 million annual budget at museum, helping make it nearly self-sufficient; photos (M)

Defense lawyer Lynne F Stewart is convicted by federal jury of aiding Islamic terrorism by smuggling messages from her client, convicted terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, out of jail; she is convicted on all counts of lying to government when she pledged to obey federal rules barring Abdel Rahman from communicating with his followers; co-defendants Ahmed Abdel Sattar and Mohamed Yousry are also convicted of all charges against them; verdict seen as major victory for Justice Dept prosecutors in one of country's most important terror cases since 9/11 attacks; jurors deliberate for 12 days before deciding that Stewart had crossed professional line, from vigorously representing her client to conspiring in his followers' plans to launch violence in Egypt; she says she will appeal; she has worked over decade to defend Abdel Rahman, who is serving life sentence for inspiring thwarted 1993 plot to bomb various New York landmarks; Sattar worked as paralegal in sheik's 1995 trial; Yousry is Arabic-language interpreter who helped Stewart speak with sheik; case recalled; Stewart faces up to 30 years in jail; sentencing is set for July 15; photos; chart (L)

Scores of babies are being born to girls and women who were raped as part of brutal battle over land and ethnicity in Darfur region of Sudan; fate of these children and their mothers is uncertain in society where deep taboos surround rape and identity is passed, according to Muslim tradition, from father to child; fact that these babies, and their mothers, are being referred to as janjaweed, insulting name given to Arab militiamen who terrorized region, underscores bitter division between those who identify themselves as Africans and those who see themselves as Arabs; it also points to potential difficulty of acceptance and integration in years ahead; for victims of rape, their children mark them forever and may spoil their chances at marriage or having normal life; for children, their future seems uncertain; Sudanese government foreign ministry spokesman has called accounts of rape in Darfur wildly exaggerated, but recent United Nations investigation into war crimes in Darfur lays out, in page after page, evidence of widespread and systematic rape in two-yaer conflict; photos; map (M)

Profile of low-key corporate style of Hewlett-Packard's new chairwoman Patricia C Dunn, who has been pushed into spotlight with ouster of chief executive Carleton S Fiorina; photo (M)