2 January 2002

Fires blaze around Sydney, Australia; 5,000 tourists and residents trapped between parks and sea.

ACLU & Consulates find legal thickets, little way in helping people detained in manhunt.

Asbestos in dust near ground zero feared harmful once airborne; 25 percent of firefighters who worked rescue have been ill with respiratory problems.

Bloomberg plans imminent bread breaking with union leaders, says "my style is the right style for the future;" teens predicted to embrace pleats, loafers.

Afghans celebrate new year by tossing around headless goat.

Euro debuts; Greece hit with first Euro theft--100,000 Euro--equivalent to GNP (no, not really...).

Italian prostitutes offer discounts to assuage grief at Euro adoption.

Brief history of paper money; Dollar bill awarded "ugliest piece of crap."

Immigration officers will soon have digital images of visitors--taken when application made to visit U.S.--to compare with actual faces.

Times Magazine mourns lives lost this year.

Behind the seething, decadent scenes: How a cartoon gets in The New Yorker.

With aim to unify humanity against racial discord, there is Chromoweb.