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Suicide attack in Tel Aviv kills 3

By Alyson Brodsy and Jason Keyser · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up seconds apart in downtown Tel Aviv Wednesday night, killing three civilians and wounding more than 40, police and witnesses said. The attack took place between a cafe and a theater in a rundown neighborhood where many foreign workers live, and Israel Radio said most of the casualties were workers from abroad.

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U.S. plane crashes in Pakistan

By Robert Burns · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. military plane carrying at least seven Marines crashed into a mountain in Pakistan Wednesday night. There were no initial signs of survivors. At the Pentagon, officials said there were no initial indications that anyone survived, but they could not rule it out. They also said there were no signs that the plane was brought down by hostile action. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he understood the plane was carrying passengers in addition to the crew, but he had no further details. Other military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the plane was carrying a crew of six and one passenger -- all Marines. Witnesses reported seeing flames shooting from the plane before it slammed into the mountain.

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Kmart seeks bankruptcy protection

By Alyson Brodsy and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

DETROIT -- Kmart Corp., the discount chain that gave America the BlueLight Special and introduced Martha Stewart home fashions at cut-rate prices, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday. Kmart becomes the biggest retailer in history to seek court protection from creditors.

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Bush asks Israel to withdraw forces

By Alyson Brodsy and Barry Schweid · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

President George W. Bush called on Israel Tuesday to withdraw its forces from Palestinian areas of the West Bank "as quickly as possible." Bush's statement at the White House eased a State Department demand for an immediate pullout.

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Marines capture outpost

By Burt Herman · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Newly landed U.S. Marines cemented control of an outpost in the Kandahar region Monday as Navy fighter jets attacked a convoy of armored enemy vehicles moving near the base in southern Afghanistan. Two F-14 Tomcats hit the armored column, said Maj. Brad Lowell, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command in Washington. He said Marine AH-1W Cobra helicopters were in the area but did not fire on the armored vehicles.

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Senate approves defense bill

By Carolyn Skorneck · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved its $345 billion defense spending bill without a dissenting vote Tuesday after dispensing with Republican objections that had stymied progress for a week as the nation geared up for war.

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Fire threatens giant

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

PINE FLAT, Calif. -- A ferocious wildfire fed by dense underbrush and weeks of dry weather roared toward treasured groves of giant sequoias whose ages are measured in centuries. The 48,200-acre blaze moved through the valleys of the Giant Sequoia National Monument and came within a few miles of the Freeman Creek Grove and Trail of 100 Giants.

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Oregon police refuse to follow federal procedure

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Police in an Oregon college town became the second force to rebuff federal law enforcers' plans to interview foreigners as part of an antiterrorism sweep. In Michigan, meanwhile, a newspaper report of a federal memo has increased doubts about a program encouraging people from countries where Osama bin Laden's terror network has been active to come forward for questioning.

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American bombers strike

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

SURMAD, Afghanistan -- U.S. bombers pounded al Qaeda and Taliban positions in the eastern mountains of Afghanistan on Sunday after a 1,500-strong coalition ground attack the day before failed to dislodge the well-armed fighters.

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Anthrax scares sweep countries

By Mike Corder · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

SYDNEY, Australia -- Dozens of government workers in Australia were hosed down after their office received a letter containing white powder. A U.S. consulate received a similar scare and in Germany on Monday, officials were investigating a powdery substance found in the mailroom of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's offices.

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Cheney supports Saudi proposal

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Vice President Dick Cheney, nearing an end of his tour of Arab countries, acknowledged Sunday that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become "a preoccupation for everyone" in the region.

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Business practices leave consumer confidence low

By U Jae Kang · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The central bank of the United States is not sure about a strong economic recovery from the recent recession. The judgment about the economic condition is largely due to a decline in current consumer confidence. Further, the central bank worries about the future labor market that can further deteriorate the consumer confidence that was already betrayed by the fraudulent and deceptive corporate practices.

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Israel strikes building in Gaza Strip

By Alyson Brodsy and Ibrahim Barzak · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel deployed fighter jets over the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday and fired missiles at a building, destroying it and injuring about 10 Palestinians, witnesses and hospital officials said. In the pandemonium that ensued, a Palestinian man on trial for allegedly collaborating with Israel to kill Palestinians was shot and killed by militants, a judge said.

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Muslims demand proof on bin Laden

By Alyson Brodsy and Mort Rosenblum · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- An aged imam who abhors bloodshed in Allah's name has no sympathy for those who chant praises to Osama bin Laden. But, like most Pakistanis, he makes the same demand: Show us the proof.

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Plane crashes in Queens, NYC

By Alyson Brodsy and Diego Ibarguen · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

NEW YORK -- A jetliner en route to the Dominican Republic broke apart minutes after takeoff and crashed in a waterfront neighborhood Monday, engulfing homes in flames and sowing initial fears of a new terrorist atrocity. All 260 people aboard were killed, and at least six others were reported missing on the ground. "All information we have currently is that this is an accident," said Marion Blakey, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board. If there was an explosion on the plane, and many witnesses heard one, it was probably caused by a catastrophic mechanical failure, investigators said. American Airlines Flight 587, a European-made Airbus A300, left Kennedy Airport at 9:14 a.m., 74 minutes late because of security checks put in place after the World Trade Center attack, according to American Airlines chairman Don Carty. It took off into a clear blue sky.

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Attack paralyzes, stuns New York

By Alyson Brodsy and Dunstan Prial · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The terrorist attack at the World Trade Center shut down vast stretches of New York on Tuesday, stranding millions of people in their homes, offices and on the streets. Many could not get home or reach loved ones by phone.

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Israel agrees to halt Arafat seige

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israel and the Palestinians agreed Sunday to accept a U.S. proposal that would place six wanted men in a Palestinian jail under the watchful eyes of American and British guards -- a deal that would end the month-old Israeli siege of Yasser Arafat's West Bank headquarters and enable the Palestinian leader to travel freely for the first time since December.

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Strains on Kabul residents run deep

By Alyson Brodsy and Kathy Gannon · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The television tower lies toppled on its hill, felled by aerial bombing. Not that it matters much to people in Kabul. Their Taliban rulers long ago banned television as part of their rigid Islamic program. Tanker trucks are spread throughout the city, apparently to disperse the Taliban's oil supplies away from the fuel depots that are on the list of bombing targets.

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U.S. advises Venezuelan leader

By Alyson Brodsy and Associated Press · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration, which expressed no regret when the Venezuelan military ousted the country's elected president last week, advised Hugo Chavez on Sunday to make good use of a second chance to govern. "We do hope that Chavez recognizes that the whole world is watching and that he takes advantage of this opportunity to right his own ship, which has been moving, frankly, in the wrong direction for quite a long time," said Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser. She said Chavez "needs to respect constitutional processes" during this tumultuous period in Venezuela, the No. 3 supplier of oil to the United States and the world's fourth biggest exporter. Chavez returned Sunday to the presidential palace in Caracas, the capital, after he was freed by his military captors. Two days earlier, army commanders had forced him from office.

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