NY+Times+1+nov

 **** __Karzai Rival Said to Be Planning to Quit Runoff__ **** By DEXTER FILKINS and ALISSA J. RUBIN Abdullah Abdullah’s decision to withdraw from the Afghan election would effectively hand a new term to President Hamid Karzai but potentially damage the government’s credibility.

**** __G.O.P. Moderate, Pressed by Right, Abandons Race__ **** By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEREMY W. PETERS The end of Dede Scozzafava’s candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat emboldened the right at a time when the party is debating how to rebuild.

**** __Maoist Rebels Widen Deadly Reach Across India__ **** By JIM YARDLEY Indian Maoists, once dismissed as ragtag ideologues, have evolved into a potent and lethal insurgency.

**** __Qaeda Had Role in Attack on U.N. Staff, Official Says__ **** By DEXTER FILKINS The Afghan intelligence director said eight suspects who were arrested claimed that the attackers killed during the assault on the United Nations guesthouse last week came from Pakistan.

**** __Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen__ **** By ROBERT F. WORTH Even as a water crisis threatens the very survival of Yemen, farmers are turning increasingly to growing a narcotic called qat because it is the only way to make a profit.

**** __Clinton Asks Abbas to Return to Talks__ **** By MARK LANDLER and ETHAN BRONNER The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas rebuffed an Israeli proposal, relayed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to limit building to 3,000 additional housing units.

****WOMEN AT ARMS**** **** __A Combat Role, and Anguish, Too__ **** By DAMIEN CAVE As women who suffer from post- traumatic stress disorder return to a society unfamiliar with their wartime roles, they often choose isolation over embarrassment.

**** __Debate Flares on Limits of Nature and Commerce in Parks__ **** By LESLIE KAUFMAN A battle centered on a spot on the Point Reyes National Seashore has environmental groups squaring off against an oyster farmer.

**** __Privacy Looms Over Gay Rights Vote__ **** By WILLIAM YARDLEY A legal dispute in Washington State over whether petition signers’ identities ought to be made public is raising new questions about privacy, free speech and elections in the Internet age.

**** __Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?__ **** By ANDREW MARTIN and GRETCHEN MORGENSON Citigroup has received government aid several times in the past 80 years, and this time around, some investors see its infusion of federal cash as a good sign.

**** __Flipping a Coin, Dividing an Empire__ **** By CHARLES V. BAGLI Compared with the property breakups of some other real estate families, the Elghanayan brothers’ split was amicable. But it was not without tension.

**** __Ford’s Plan to Cut Costs Falls Short in Union Vote__ **** By NICK BUNKLEY Changes to the workers’ contract that would have allowed cuts appeared headed for certain defeat.