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'Axis of evil' draws unease for diplomats
WASHINGTON -- When President Bush threatened North Korea, Iran and Iraq in his State of the Union speech, he was braced for a hostile response from all three nations. But he apparently had no idea how much criticism he would get from his foreign policy allies at home and abroad.

Sharon says he should have had Arafat killed
JERUSALEM -- Ariel Sharon says he's sorry he didn't have Yasser Arafat "liquidated" when he had the chance 20 years ago, during an Israeli siege of Beirut.

Fighting terror notebook
Osama bin Laden, in a previously unbroadcast interview done in late October, said the United States war on terrorism was leading the American people "into an unbearable hell and a choking life."

FBI director: 'Sleeper cells' may be in U.S.
Mueller says information from Afghanistan has helped disrupt the activities of terrorist operatives.

Rumsfeld explains his vision for military reform
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned call for reforming the U.S. military Thursday, saying that the armed forces must become more flexible to address new threats, most notably the possibility that terrorists could gain access to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

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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