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JERUSALEM -- Many foreign journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stay in full-service hotels such as the King David, in the city's Jewish section, or the American Colony, in the Arab part of town.

British press heralds entry into fighting
LONDON -- As British troops secured a deserted cave complex in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the press back home was flushed with pride -- as the newspapers saw it, the U.S. military wasn't up to the challenge and had been forced to call in the Brits to finish the task.

Rumsfeld: Bin Laden unlocated
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military has never had good enough information on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts to go after him, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday.

Pilot jailed after name found in cave
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A Tanzanian whose name was found on a letter in an Afghanistan cave has been arrested on immigration charges, 11 months after he came to the United States for commercial pilot training, authorities said Wednesday.

Media accused in failed coup
Venezuelan news executives defend themselves against allegations that they suppressed facts as the ousted president returned.

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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