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Lethal women
Pakistan starts training sky marshals in the martial arts amd though the country is conservative and Muslim, nine of the first batch are women.

West Nile virus outbreak kills 4
Louisiana declares a state of emergency in an attempt to combat the disease, which officials fear will spread.

Knife-wielding farmers cancel Mexico airport
Protests force the government to back down and look for a new site to build a Mexico City airport.

U.S., Indonesia reforge military ties
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- In a bid to prevent the world's most populous Muslim country from becoming a haven for extremists, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Friday that the United States will begin restoring military ties and provide more than $50-million to improve Indonesia's ability to wage war on terrorism.

West Bank feels military squeeze
NABLUS, West Bank -- The Israeli army, using helicopter gunships and more than 100 armored vehicles, shut down this Palestinian city Friday, leaving three people dead in a retaliatory strike after the bombing of a Jerusalem university cafeteria.

Deal with abuse victims wasn't final, cardinal says
BOSTON -- In his first public court appearance since the sexual abuse scandal erupted here in January, Cardinal Bernard Law insisted Friday that an announced multimillion-dollar settlement with dozens of alleged victims was never final.

Nation in brief
Teen says girls tried to kill their abductor

Fighting terror notebook
Bush to visit Sept. 11 sites on anniversary

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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