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October 5, 2002
Graham: Expect retaliation
The senator says briefings indicate a war with Iraq is "highly likely" to provoke terrorist attacks.

Emaciated boy's history still murky
The events that left Chester Lee Miller weakened and brought him to Florida are under investigation.

World in brief
Rebel leader likely killed in Chechnya

India, Pakistan test-fire missiles
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Against a backdrop of renewed tension between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, Pakistan Friday test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Hours later, India test-fired a missile of its own.

Hunt for Md. shooter intensifies
KENSINGTON, Md. -- Police pressed a search Friday for a sniper who randomly killed five people in this Washington suburb with a high-powered assault or hunting rifle, amid fears that the gunman might have struck again.

Jury awards smoker $28-billion in damages
LOS ANGELES -- A jury awarded a record-shattering $28-billion in punitive damages Friday to a 64-year-old former smoker who sued Philip Morris Inc. for fraud and negligence.

Election reform deal reached
WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators agreed Friday on legislation to revamp the nation's election system, producing a sweeping measure that sponsors hailed as a historic federal response to the election day flaws exposed by the 2000 presidential election in Florida.

Lili damage may hit $600-million
CHAUVIN, La. -- The remnants of Hurricane Lili spun out of Louisiana and into the Ohio Valley on Friday, leaving behind a trail of muddy misery and tens of thousands of homes without power.

Bones found are of missing Va. girl
WENTWORTH, N.C. -- Bone fragments and a skull found on a rural property are the remains of a 9-year-old girl who vanished after her parents were shot and killed in their home seven weeks ago, authorities said Friday.

A 'defining day' in fight against terror
RICHARD REID: Laughs as he pleads guilty to hiding explosives in his shoes.

Health officials endorse smallpox vaccine for public
WASHINGTON -- The nation's top public health officials said on Friday that they favored offering smallpox vaccine to the public, but only after up to 10-million health care workers are immunized and after a vaccine is licensed for general use, which is not likely until 2004.

Troops, supplies being shifted into gulf region
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is taking steps to prepare for a rapid massing of U.S. forces around Iraq in the weeks ahead, bolstering stocks of military equipment and ammunition in the Persian Gulf, expanding command facilities and preparing several Navy aircraft carriers in U.S. ports to steam to the region.

Inspections to wait for new rules
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell forged an agreement Friday with the chief U.N. weapons inspector to defer searching for illicit arms in Iraq until tough new rules are imposed.

Report: Iraq working on weapons
WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence agencies, in a broad assessment of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capabilities released Friday, have concluded that if left unchecked Iraq will "probably have a nuclear weapon during this decade."

Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen
JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager and gravely wounded a 12-year-old in West Bank violence Friday, while police fired stun grenades in the main mosque compound in Jerusalem after a few Muslim worshipers threw rocks that fell on Jews praying at the Western Wall below.



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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