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Taliban urges holy war if attacked

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

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The hard-line Taliban said God would protect it if the world tried to "set fire'' to Afghanistan for sheltering terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden, and in comments broadcast Tuesday also called on all Muslims to wage holy war on America if it attacks. Hundreds of Islamic clerics gathered in the Afghan capital to discuss conditions for extraditing bin Laden to a country other than the United States, a Pakistan government official said. The conditions, including international recognition of the Taliban government and the lifting of UN sanctions, were discussed Monday in Kandahar, headquarters of the Islamic militia that rules most of Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity.

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Activists concerned over Bush's abortion stance

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

New president-elect of the National Organization for Women Kim Gandy announced last week that she would do everything in her power to put more women's rights supporters in political office and prevent "right-wing political extremists" from receiving federal court appointments. What concerns Gandy are possible vacancies on the Supreme Court that will be filled by justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade.

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President urges calm in face of challenges

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

ATLANTA -- President George W. Bush urged an uneasy nation Thursday night to meet "our great national challenge" to protect America against future terrorist attacks by volunteering for community service and watching for suspicious activity. "Our citizens have new responsibilities," the president said in his address. "We must be vigilant, inspect our mail, stay informed on public health matters."

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Final beam falls at Ground Zero

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

NEW YORK -- The last steel beam left standing at the World Trade Center site was cut down Tuesday and draped in an American flag in the first of a series of ceremonies marking the end of the sorrowful, 8-month cleanup. The 30-foot girder survived when the twin towers collapsed into a mountain of 1.8 million tons of rubble Sept. 11. For months it was covered by debris, but as the pile shrank the column was revealed, still standing where it was erected when the south tower was built three decades ago.

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Government steps up security in airports

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

WASHINGTON -- The new government agency responsible for airline security said Saturday it will place armed law enforcement officers, uniformed and plainclothes, at ticket counters and other public areas of airports.

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Arrests made at NYC airports

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

NEW YORK -- A man who tried to use a false pilot's identification to get past security was arrested Thursday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and at least five more were detained, police said. The arrested man had tried to fly to California on Tuesday morning and was carrying a certificate from a Florida flight training school, according to a source familiar with the workings of the airline industry.

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Palestinians mourn group leader

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

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- An angry crowd of 50,000 mourners flocked to the funeral of Mustafa Zibri, the highest-ranking Palestinian slain in an Israeli campaign of targeted killings, while demonstrators called for revenge in protests across the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

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Violence drove blacks from their homes

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

As a little girl, Doria Dee Johnson often asked about the man in the portrait hanging in an aunt's living room, her great-great-grandfather. "It's too painful," her elderly relatives would say, and they would look away. A few years ago, Johnson, now 40, went to look for answers in the rural town of Abbeville, S.C.

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Afghans look to America, UN for peace

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

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Cynical after more than two decades of war, many Afghans said Tuesday that their hopes for peace rest mostly with the United Nations and the United States rather than the Afghan factions holding talks in Germany. "We know these people. They would not be sitting together if the United States and the United Nations did not force them," said Sami Ullah, a father of eight who earns barely 50 cents a day selling odds and ends in Kabul's main market.

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U.S. reaction to attack mixed

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

Cheers of "USA! USA!" echoed through football stadiums at news that U.S. forces had launched strikes in Afghanistan. In Denver, a woman who fled as a child from Vietnam ruefully wished that war could be avoided.

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FBI: 13 Miami Officers Charged

By Catherine Wilson · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

MIAMI -- Thirteen current and former Miami police officers were accused in an indictment alleging they helped cover up wrongdoing in police shootings in which three people died. All were veteran officers assigned to special enforcement teams at the time of the shootings, which resulted in three deaths and one injury during the late 1990s.

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Consumer confidence falling

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

The Conference Board, a non-profit worldwide research institution, operates a Consumer Confidence Index that is one of the key economic indicators for the U.S. economy. The index represents both consumers' perceptions of the present economic situation and their expectations for the economic conditions six months in the future. But, because the index attempts to gauge consumer psychology, it tends to be more volatile and exaggerated.

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Around The World

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

Early results for Sierra Leone War criminals surrender to U.N. Battles rage in northern Colombia Ethiopian troops attack Somali town

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Energy bill debate promises fight

By H. Josef Herbert · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is ready to take up broad energy legislation that has caused splits over automobile gas mileage, drilling in an Arctic refuge and electricity competition in the shadow of Enron's collapse.

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The end of Operation Anaconda

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

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan declared Monday that the operation to destroy Taliban and al Qaeda in the eastern mountains was "an unqualified and absolute success" despite claims by Afghan allies that most of the enemy fighters got away.

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Bill would add to police power

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Police would be able to conduct secret searches of suspects' homes, tap all their cell and home phones and track their use of the Internet under anti-terrorism legislation moving toward final approval in the House.

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