Deal on treaty unlikely [AP photo] CRAWFORD, Texas -- Despite early expectations that two days on President Bush's ranch would soften Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, White House officials are no longer expecting a breakthrough.

America strikes notebook
Stressed out by attacks? You aren't alone

Aid begins to flow into Afghanistan
HAIRATON, Afghanistan -- The first aid shipment across the Uzbek-Afghan border arrived Wednesday in this Afghan port city, greeted by cheers from the turbaned men lining the banks of the Amu-Darya River.

Lawyers say suits may benefit clients
Congress set aside money for those harmed Sept. 11, but applicants must agree not to sue.

Agents to go undercover to test screening
American airports are safer now, a federal official testifies, but not enough, and not consistently so.

U.S. aid workers freed from Taliban's grasp
WASHINGTON -- Eight foreign aid workers, including two Americans, held in Afghanistan by the Taliban militia for three months for preaching Christianity were airlifted to freedom Wednesday by U.S. military helicopters, the Pentagon said.

FBI search mystifies Pa. man
CHESTER, Pa. -- A Pakistani native whose home was searched by the FBI said Wednesday that agents asked him about anthrax and other biological agents and seized his computer, medicines and financial records.

What about bin Laden?
Experts say catching the terrorist won't be easy, but the Taliban's disarray will make it easier.

Yemeni man sought as possible 20th hijacker
WASHINGTON -- The FBI thinks a Yemeni citizen who is the focus of a worldwide manhunt was supposed to be the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11 but he failed to get into the United States, FBI Director Robert Mueller told federal prosecutors in a briefing Wednesday.

Britain pledges 5,000 peacekeepers for Kabul
Britain pledged 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan on Wednesday and U.N. diplomats said those forces could begin landing at Bagram airfield north of Kabul as early as today to establish a peacekeeping force that ultimately would include soldiers from Western and Muslim countries.

Other jet's wake under suspicion in crash
Investigators ask if weakened fasteners or the pilot's reaction to jostling ripped the tail off the jetliner.

Cornered, bin Laden may strike U.S. again
WASHINGTON -- The death of Osama bin Laden could trigger new terrorist attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday.