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September 20, 2002
Rumsfeld deflects CentCom questions
A Florida senator tries to get the defense secretary to clarify the status of the military command, located in Tampa.

Strong warning labels urged for acetaminophen
An FDA panel is concerned that too few people know the dangers or widespread use of the popular painkiller.

Search for West Nile blood test has new urgency
ATLANTA -- Government health officials Thursday said West Nile can apparently spread by transfusion, and they announced that all blood donations will probably be screened for the virus as soon as a test can be developed.

Nation in brief
Measure to reduce gas SUVs use reached

Bush puts Congress on the spot
WASHINGTON -- President Bush asked Congress on Thursday for sweeping authority to use "all means he determines to be appropriate, including force" to disarm Iraq and dislodge Saddam Hussein, and warned: "If the United Nations Security Council won't deal with the problem, the United States and some of our friends will."

Iraq doesn't have banned weapons, Hussein declares
UNITED NATIONS -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declared Thursday that his country "is clear of all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons" and urged the United Nations to resist the Bush administration's campaign to obtain U.N. backing for a military strike against his government.

Defense: Suspects not linked to al-Qaida
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- One of the six men suspected of being part of a New York terror cell grew afraid after being taken to an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan and repeatedly asked to leave, his lawyer said Thursday.

Homeland security bill remains at an impasse
WASHINGTON -- The Senate's debate on a homeland security bill remained stuck on the issue of workers' rights Thursday, even as a pair of senators attempted to broker a compromise that would speed the creation of a new department focused on the terrorist threat.

Officials knew of threats, not details
WASHINGTON -- Two Bush administration officials told lawmakers Thursday they knew before the Sept. 11 attacks that Osama bin Laden might attack Americans, but don't remember being warned that terrorists could fly passenger jets into buildings on U.S. soil.

Are nuclear plants safe from attack? It's debatable
PHILADELPHIA -- Are the nation's nuclear power plants safe from a successful terrorist attack?

World in brief
France wants to put Papon back in jail



From AP: special links on the terrorist attacks and aftermath
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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
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Aftermath Photo Gallery
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