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She dies, as does an Israeli man, on a busy Jerusalem street that's all too familiar with violence. It's the third major attack in an Israeli city in a week.

American again survives terror
JERUSALEM -- He escaped death once, fleeing his 38th-floor law office at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. And before Mark Sokolow set out for downtown Jerusalem on Sunday -- an American tourist on his way to the most dangerous spot in the most dangerous city in one of the world's more dangerous countries -- his 16-year-old daughter Lauren urged him not to tempt fate again.

Sara Fritz
For Cheney, preserving secrecy not a matter of legal principle
WASHINGTON -- Do you remember when, at the beginning of the Clinton administration, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton held secret meetings with unnamed special interest groups who advised her on health care policy?

Video might shed light on airliner crash
NEW YORK -- A newly discovered and very detailed surveillance video from a tollbooth may reveal new information about the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, according to a published report.

Group kidnaps American reporter
An unknown group, saying the man is a CIA officer, demands that Pakistani suspects in U.S. custody in Cuba be released.

U.S. forces engage trapped gunmen
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- U.S. special forces battled al-Qaida gunmen today at a hospital where several fighters had been holed up for nearly two months and had threatened to kill anyone who tried to capture them.

From AP: special links on the terrorist attacks and aftermath
• Sharon and Arafat: Old foes on parallel paths
• FBI's Most Wanted terrorists
• Afghanistan in Depth
• Panoramic view of tragedy
• Satellite view of Ground Zero
• Flashpoint: Afghanistan
• Multimedia Coverage of the Terror Attacks
• Latest News on the Terror Attacks
• Updated List of Victims
• Terror Attack Multimedia Gallery
• Terror's Path: An Interactive Map
• Missing: A Multimedia Essay
• Terror Attack: Minute by Minute
• Terror Attack: Tower Collapse
• Terrorists Attack: Video Gallery
• Aftermath Photo Gallery
• Day of Terror Photo Gallery
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