Anthrax survivor: It's time to go back to work
BOCA RATON -- At supermarkets, in department stores and on the train on the way to work, people want to meet Ernesto Blanco, the man who fought off the inhaled form of anthrax that killed his co-worker.

U.S. plans to expand role of securing Afghanistan
Increasing violence between warlords prompts the U.S. to consider a larger peacekeeping force or military advisers.

Karzai asks U.S., Iran to cooperate
TEHRAN, Iran -- Hamid Karzai, making his first official visit to Iran as interim leader of Afghanistan, urged the United States and Iran on Sunday to put aside their differences and to focus on helping to rebuild his impoverished country.

Ridge vows states will be better informed
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge told governors Sunday they're responsible for closely coordinating security planning at the state and local levels and promised to provide better information about the terrorism threat to aid those efforts.

Bin Laden alive, reports suggest
WASHINGTON -- Recent intelligence reports indicate that Osama bin Laden survived the U.S. bombing assault on his hide-outs in Afghanistan and may still be somewhere in the lawless, mountainous region that straddles the Afghan-Pakistan border, officials said Sunday.

Holes found in tunnels near U.S. embassy
ROME -- The Italian police have found holes, made only recently, in the wall of an underground passageway adjacent to the U.S. Embassy here, and they are investigating the possibility that terrorists were planning to plant a chemical bomb there, the New York Times reports in today's editions.

Colombia rebels hold candidate for president
The kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt comes on the heels of another kidnapping that launched a government offensive.