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September 30, 2002
Sara Fritz
Bush's winning strategy: keep it simple, focused
WASHINGTON -- Since the day he was born, it seems, George W. Bush has been compared -- often unfavorably -- with his father.

Internal tugs of war stall federal budget
His party's leadership and deep divisions in the Senate have made it harder for Republican Rep. C.W. Bill Young to forge a consensus.

Israeli troops withdraw from Arafat's headquarters
The decision comes after pressure from the U.S., which worried the siege was hurting its campaign against Iraq.

More workers do not have health coverage
Companies pass higher insurance costs to their employees or drop coverage altogether, a Census Bureau report shows.

World in brief
Cabinet of Japan's Koizumi resigns

Kostunica has lead in Serbia
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- Vojislav Kostunica won the opening round of Serbia's first presidential election since Slobodan Milosevic's ouster, and will face a pro-Western candidate in a runoff vote, unofficial results showed.

Siege of Arafat office is over
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A beaming Yasser Arafat, flanked by euphoric Palestinian government employees, emerged briefly Sunday from the only building left standing in his pulverized compound here as Israel ended a 11-day siege under mounting pressure from the United States.

In Ivory Coast, more evacuations
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast -- U.S. and French troops swooped in before dawn Sunday to evacuate Americans and other foreigners from an Ivory Coast city, landing helicopters in rebel territory to pluck out nuns, Peace Corps workers and orphans clutching stuffed rabbits.

Nation in brief
Man with box cutters arrested at airport

U.N. weapons inspectors to start meetings on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. weapons inspectors, who today will lay down demands to Iraq about getting back into the country, may not get the unfettered access demanded by the United States unless the Security Council alters a deal made in 1998.



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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