Mother can't believe son plotted [AP photo] The son of a 55-year-old Moroccan immigrant to France is the first to be indicted in the Sept. 11 attacks. "I am wounded," she says.

Victims' relatives turn Sept. 11 grief into political force
WASHINGTON -- On Capitol Hill, their anguish brings prominence -- and access. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., diverts from his packed schedule to spend several minutes talking. A meeting with Rep. James P. Moran Jr., D-Va., is arranged without delay, and during the face-to-face with Moran, word comes that one of his colleagues hopes to sit down with them, too.

Alliance chief grumbles over new Cabinet
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The head of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance affirmed Wednesday that he will surrender power to an interim government on schedule next week, but he dismissed the U.N.-brokered agreement to set it up as "an offense" to Afghans orchestrated by foreign powers.

Camp offers window into al-Qaida training
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Down a dirt road, within easy access of the Kandahar airport by a back route, formidably defended with tanks, antiaircraft weapons and mines, stood Osama bin Laden's lair.

10 accused of student visa violations
SAN DIEGO -- Immigration authorities arrested 10 people in the San Diego area Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind crackdown on Middle Eastern students suspected of violating the terms of their visas by not being in school.

FBI has questions for John Walker
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN -- FBI agents arrived at a Marine camp in southern Afghanistan to question its only prisoner: John Walker, an American who joined the Taliban, officials said Wednesday.

Senators question why suspect not headed to tribunal
WASHINGTON -- Top Pentagon officials sought to assure senators Wednesday that establishment of military tribunals would provide a faster, more streamlined way of trying individual terrorists, even though no tribunal will be used for the first person indicted on terror-related charges.

Care with translation delays release of bin Laden tape
WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department delayed by at least a day its release of a videotape of Osama bin Laden talking about the Sept. 11 terror attacks, while as many as four separate translations of the Arabic soundtrack are made and English subtitles are prepared.

Crew is fine after U.S. B-1B crashes at sea
The bomber went down because of "multiple malfunctions," the captain says.

France will oppose any sentence of death
While offering diplomatic support, the nation imposes a potential obstacle in the prosecution of French citizen and Sept. 11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui.

Jewish militants held in L.A. bombing plot
Two leaders of the Jewish Defense League are accused of targeting a Los Angeles mosque.

Angry Israel cuts ties to Arafat
The decision follows attacks that include a double suicide bombing and firing on a bus.

New fear: bin Laden escape
U.S. warplanes pound mountain positions as tribal fighters set a new surrender deadline for al-Qaida.