There's something in the air
Be it undetected toxins or just stress, something lingers at Stuyvesant High School since the terror attacks nearby.
Bush urges Asia to join fight against terrorism
SHANGHAI, China -- President Bush challenged Asian leaders Saturday to help "save the civilized world" by joining his war against terrorism. But in a sign of unease, Russia sided with China and other nations seeking a quick end to U.S. attacks on Afghanistan.
Few visa checks done on Saudis
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government believes as many as eight of the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks came from Saudi Arabia, but it still routinely issues tens of thousands of visas to Saudis each year without interviews or extensive background checks.
Early results satisfy U.S.
WASHINGTON -- In a remarkable briefing Saturday replete with night-scope video of secret U.S. ground operations in Afghanistan, the Pentagon declared the introduction of U.S. ground forces overnight as a success.
Eight Palestinians die as Israel advances
JERUSALEM -- Israel's multiple thrust into Palestinian territory was shaping up as the broadest military operation in more than a year of fighting, with Israeli troops entering two more West Bank towns Saturday. Eight Palestinians, among them three bystanders, were killed by Israeli fire.
Taliban likely preparing for guerrilla war
Some experts say the Taliban are saving their strength for a hide-and- wait offensive.
Taliban: U.S. commando attacks failed
A senior Taliban leader says his fighters drove off the Americans.
Jets now target Taliban troops, tanks
ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- U.S. jets have shifted from attacking fixed targets to hunting down Taliban troops and tanks and supporting U.S. soldiers on the ground, the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt battle group said Saturday.
Developments
Airborne Army Rangers stage assault on a Taliban-controlled airfield and a residence of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, U.S. officials say.
America strikes notebook
Saudis arrest bin Laden supporters
5,000 Afghan refugees cross into Pakistan
It is the biggest single-day exodus since the start of airstrikes against Afghanistan.
House mail center is tainted
WASHINGTON -- Anthrax was discovered in a House postal facility, officials said Saturday, as 150 FBI agents and postal inspectors swarmed a New Jersey postal route, searching for the mailbox where someone may have dropped anthrax-laced letters.
Bioterrorism drills predicted missteps
A make-believe smallpox attack staged last summer by several think tanks revealed weaknesses in several layers of government.
Cooperative intelligence helps to foil expected attacks
WASHINGTON -- The major terrorist attacks that the FBI warned were imminent 10 days ago might have been delayed or prevented by a worldwide campaign of arrests and detentions of suspected al-Qaida operatives and their allies, American officials say.
830 arrested, but none shown to be a Sept. 11 plotter
WASHINGTON -- After 40 days of the most aggressive criminal investigation in American history, federal law enforcement officials have arrested 830 people but have failed to develop evidence that anyone now in custody was a conspirator in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Experts say they can make buildings safe again
Though anthrax has turned American Media Inc.'s Florida headquarters into a 70,000-square-foot white elephant and workers are reluctant to return, experts in decontamination say there are new products that can make such buildings safe again.
Proposed farm subsidy reforms bring praise
Last spring the Bush administration and some congressional Republicans couldn't buy a kind word from environmentalists. Last week they both earned high marks for their suggestions about agriculture policy.
Taliban leader talks of succession
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Pakistani government said Saturday that the Taliban's top army commander is in the country and has been holding talks on the possibility of forming a post-Taliban government for Afghanistan.
America responds notebook
Report: CIA ordered to destroy bin Laden
Canada report
Canada sends 3 more warships to join U.S. effort
