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May 7, 2002
Mideast, terror of issue for Nixon, too
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- "Your help to Israel is seen as hostile to the Arab world," the Saudi foreign minister told Richard Nixon in 1973. Some things don't change.

Cuba has biological weapons, U.S. says
A senior Bush administration official says Cuba has a well-developed program and may be sharing with other "rogue" states.

3 more rockets land near U.S. soldiers
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- Three rockets landed near a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Monday but, as in a similar attack just days ago, exploded without causing casualties.

Church standoff talks snagged over details
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- The monthlong standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity defied resolution Monday, despite declarations by both sides that only details remained to be worked out.

40 children, 70 others die in Colombia attack
Scores of people sheltering in a church in a remote fishing village are killed in a mortar attack.

Maverick Dutchman shot dead
The killing of an anti-immigrant politician shocks the Netherlands. A gunman is arrested.

Nuclear decay prompts scrutiny
WASHINGTON -- A nuclear reactor in Ohio has a large hole nobody thought possible, burned almost through its 6-inch steel cover. Cracks of a type never seen before are discovered in a South Carolina reactor, triggering widespread inspections.



From AP: special links on the terrorist attacks and aftermath
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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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