For these terrorists, jihad ends with a donkey ride
TORA BORA, Afghanistan -- The band of terrorists who had survived the battle for Tora Bora came down the mountain on donkeys Monday, dazed and sick and wounded, hands tied behind their backs with red nylon, their eyes to the ground.

India weighs response to attack on Parliament
NEW DELHI, India -- With their armies on high alert, India said Monday it was preparing to respond to a suicide attack on Parliament that it blames on Pakistan.

Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians
JERUSALEM -- Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Monday, as Palestinian militant groups Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine defied a call by Yasser Arafat to halt suicide bombings and armed attacks and vowed to continue fighting Israel.

Anthrax source baffling as ever
WASHINGTON -- The anthrax that killed five people appears to have been produced in the United States, the White House said Monday, but investigators still don't know who mailed it. On Capitol Hill, a second attempt to sanitize a contaminated Senate office building failed.

Antiterror package deal close
WASHINGTON -- Senate and House negotiators neared a deal Monday on a $20-billion antiterrorism package heeding President Bush's demands for spending restraint but devoting more than he wanted to domestic security and rebuilding from the Sept. 11 attacks.

Help raced to Marine in slow motion
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- They heard the explosion and ran over to see a Marine down, bleeding badly after stepping on one of the many mines planted around the airport here.

The hunt for bin Laden
TORA BORA, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of al-Qaida fighters have fled from the caves of Tora Bora into the snow-capped mountains that mark the Pakistan border, and Osama bin Laden may be among them, according to U.S. intelligence officials, who acknowledged Monday that they have lost track of him.

The hunt for Omar
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the vanquished Taliban regime, is thought to be holed up with hundreds of fighters in south-central Afghanistan, an intelligence officer for Kandahar's new governor said Monday.

Anthrax vaccine urged for some
WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials Monday began urging Capitol Hill workers to take an as-yet unlicensed anthrax vaccine as part of a plan sparked by fears that deadly spores may be lurking in the employees' bodies and could erupt once antibiotic treatments end.

Sinn Fein leader welcomed in Cuba
HAVANA -- Ignoring criticism from the United States and Britain, Cuba rolled out the red carpet Monday for Northern Ireland political leader Gerry Adams, welcoming him to the communist island as a fellow revolutionary.

Elephant abuse trial starts for Ringling trainer
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Asia, the circus elephant, has wowed audiences around the nation with her leg lifts, ring prancing and ear-flapping headstands. But is she a willing performer, or a victim of animal abuse at the hands of one of the circus world's leading trainers?