New video of bin Laden shown [AP photo/Courtesy of Al-Jazeera] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- New images of Osama bin Laden appeared Friday on an Arab television station, showing the terrorist somber and composed amid a celebration by his followers at an arid mountain base.

New alertness brought anthrax case to light
Doctors are being encouraged to ask labs to test patients with suspicious symptoms that could be the early signs of germ attacks, especially anthrax.

U.S. strikes likely to be limited
Officials say the most important actions are likely to be small and covert. Airstrikes against terror camps are expected.

U.S. to base forces in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Uzbekistan gave official permission Friday for unprecedented U.S. military presence on former Soviet territory, announcing it will allow American troops and aircraft to base operations here as the first wave of 1,000 ground combat troops was scheduled to arrive.

Public seems happier with media
The United States' news media, battered for 25 years by declining credibility, appear to have regained respect among readers and viewers -- at least temporarily -- with their coverage since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Northern Alliance plans offensive
The Taliban opposition stages a military parade that shows off new armor and a new resolve to act if, and when, the U.S. strikes.

Hijackers used Afghan camps, U.S. suggests
U.S. officials say evidence shows some of the hijackers traveled to Afghanistan in 1999 or 2000 and received training at Osama bin Laden's camps.

Two trucks hauling U.S. weapons crash
WASHINGTON -- Two trucks hauling weapons for the military -- including a load of Navy missiles -- crashed within 14 hours, raising new concerns about a system that makes 42,000 ammunition deliveries a year.

Final victims list expected to be 4,500 to 5,000
NEW YORK -- In the hours after the World Trade Center fell, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani predicted that the number of people dead in the ruins would be "more than any of us can bear ultimately." The weeks since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack have proven the mayor grimly correct.

INS adjusts to role in terrorism fight
BALLSTON, Va. -- Sean Jad should have been in Boston at his computer science classes. Instead, the 27-year-old student from Morocco was standing Tuesday in a federal office in suburban Washington, counting out $5,000 in crisp $100 bills.

Foreign officials seek out their own
NEW YORK -- Within hours of the attack on the World Trade Center, the German consulate was flooded with calls from anxious relatives, and the count of loved ones feared to be missing soared to about 1,000.

U.S. says Israeli leader's charge 'unacceptable'
The White House on Friday strongly rebuked unusually harsh comments by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, who charged that the United States risked appeasing Arab countries in the current terrorism crisis just as some European countries appeased Hitler before World War II.

Recovery of victims, jet debris under way
SOCHI, Russia -- Salvage workers scrambled Friday to collect wreckage from the Black Sea, gathering evidence that may tell whether a terrorist attack or an errant Ukrainian missile brought down a Russian plane full of Israelis.