Chelsea Clinton speaks about Sept. 11 terror attacks
We've watched her grow up from afar, a sometimes gawky presence in her parents' turbulent life, a silent figure both famous and unknowable.

Iran walks diplomatic tightrope, weighs ties with U.S.
TEHRAN, Iran -- No issue is more central in Iran these days than the officially nonexistent relations with the United States.

Inside a Taliban jail, paranoia and ignorance rule
French journalist Michel Peyrard, jailed for 25 days, finds "youngsters drunk on their own authority" conducting a purge.

Bush urges rebels to stop short of Kabul
NEW YORK -- President Bush on Saturday urged Northern Alliance forces battling the Taliban in Afghanistan to steer clear of the capital city of Kabul, part of an effort to assure that power is eventually shared among the various tribes of the country.

Reports tie chemical weapons, al-Qaida
WASHINGTON -- The United States has identified sites in Afghanistan that are suspected of involvement in Osama bin Laden's efforts to acquire and produce chemical and biological weapons, but none have been bombed since the military campaign began, the New York Times reports.

Attacks give view of the different takes on bioterror
On the morning of Sept. 11, not long after terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta received a worrisome tip from the FBI. Another hijacked aircraft, the FBI warned, appeared headed for Atlanta and possibly the CDC, whose laboratories house some of the world's deadliest germs, including the only official repository of smallpox outside Russia.

Bin Laden claims to have nuclear weapons
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A Pakistani journalist said Saturday he was blindfolded, bundled into a jeep and driven for five hours to a cold mud hut in Afghanistan where he met the world's most wanted man -- Osama bin Laden.

Iranian president denounces Islamic extremism
NEW YORK -- President Mohammad Khatami of Iran last week branded as extremist Osama bin Laden's version of Islam and said it did not represent the majority of the world's 1.2-billion Muslims.

Anthrax found in Graham's office
WASHINGTON -- Traces of anthrax have been found in the offices of Florida Sen. Bob Graham and two other senators.

Pakistan's Musharraf says nukes are safe
UNITED NATIONS -- Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf assured the world Saturday that his country's nuclear arsenal was in "safe hands."

New York drops charges against 17 firefighters
NEW YORK -- Authorities are dropping charges against all but one of the 18 firefighters arrested after a raucous protest at the World Trade Center site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Saturday.

Engineers zero in on how trade towers fell
NEW YORK -- For a span of time that lasted thousands of heartbeats and spared thousands of lives, the World Trade Center towers withstood the crashes of two jetliners and the flames stoked by their fuel. But eventually, the fires softened the steel structures, and the twin towers collapsed in a terrifying avalanche.

Alliance: It's time to push on to Kabul
With Taliban forces reportedly fleeing from the north, the opposition claims it has seized three more cities and threatens to attack Afghanistan's capital.

Arduous ballot review winds up today
It's an unprecedented double-check on democracy.

Human weeds
They were deaf or poor, diabetic or orphaned, somehow "abnormal." To make sure they would not reproduce, state sterilzed thousands.

Israeli leaders discuss latest plan for peace
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met Saturday with his foreign minister, Shimon Peres, to discuss Peres' latest peace initiative -- but Sharon was likely to oppose key elements of it.

Susan Taylor Martin
Securing a target of convenience
JERUSALEM -- As she boards the No. 405 bus from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Maya Levy seems the essence of carefree youth, legs encased in skin-tight jeans, ears covered by Sony headphones.