Backlash builds on a quiet Hill | csmonitor.com If history is any guide, wartime Congresses are usually irrelevant. They may thunder and roar, but in the end, the president decides the conduct of a war - including curtailing cherished liberties when deemed necessary.

FOXNews.com - Portland Police Told to Cooperate with Fed Terror Investigation Oregon's attorney general recommended Tuesday that state investigators help the U.S. government with its investigation into recent terror attacks by questioning foreign visitors — a process that has come under fire by local police and civil rights activists.

BBC News | EUROPE | Arafat lawsuit filed in Belgian court A lawsuit has been filed against the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Brussels accusing him of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Kabul women's march thwarted The Northern Alliance has prevented a group of women from marching through the streets of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Tough talk ahead for Afghan delegates Delegates at the UN-sponsored conference in Germany on the future of Afghanistan will face hard negotiations as the second day of the conference is due to begin.

Air Force Poised to Strike in Space Shuttle Threat The U.S. Air Force will throw up a 40-mile no-fly zone around the space shuttle Endeavour on launch day and back that up with enough fire power to assure a ``safe and secure'' launch, a senior space wing officer said on Tuesday.

N. Alliance: Prison Revolt Quashed As U.N. talks on the future of Afghanistan began in Germany, anti-Taliban forces claimed to have retaken control Tuesday of a fort where captured Osama bin Laden loyalists staged a three-day prison revolt.

Scientists: Flu Remains World Threat At a time of bioterrorism fears, influenza should not be overlooked as a force of nature or a potential weapon of terrorists, disease specialists said Tuesday.

Possible Afghan Chemical Weapons Sites Found - U.S. The United States has identified more than 40 sites in Afghanistan potentially linked with chemical and biological weapons and is testing samples found there, the regional U.S. commander said on Tuesday.

U.S. Hits Leadership Compound Near Kandahar U.S. warplanes bombed a leadership compound in Afghanistan on Tuesday, stepping up the pursuit of Osama bin Laden and his Taliban allies, as Afghan tribal and ethnic leaders began talks in Germany on the future of their devastated country.

BBC News | EUROPE | 14 held in Masood murder probe French and Belgian police have arrested 14 people in an investigation connected with the killing of Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Masood.

BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Heavy fighting in southern Philippines Philippines armed forces have used helicopter gunships to attack a complex held by Muslim guerrillas in the city of Zamboanga.

Bush Warns Iraq, North Korea President Bush said Monday the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is ``just the beginning'' of the fight against terrorism, and he warned Iraq and North Korea (news - web sites) there would be consequences for producing weapons of mass destruction.

Marines to Cut Off Any Taliban Escape The mission of the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan is to cut off escape routes for Taliban and al-Qaida leaders, pinpoint targets for airstrikes and conduct quick strikes when the chance arises.

Threat Keeps Natural Gas Lines on High Alert Natural gas pipeline operators across the United States said on Monday that Attorney General John Ashcroft's warning of a possible terror attack against their industry underscored the need for heightened vigilance.

Alleged Instructor of Hijackers to Appear in London Court An Algerian pilot suspected of training the suicide hijackers responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington is due to appear in a London court Tuesday in his bid to fight extradition to the United States.

‘This Is Our Life Now’ The battle’s just begun, and George Bush knows it. In a NEWSWEEK exclusive, the First Couple on how the war’s changing America-and them

U.S. Marines Set Up Base in Afghanistan U.S. forces attacked an enemy convoy in Afghanistan on Monday, after establishing a forward base from which to track Osama bin Laden and crush his Taliban protectors.

How to correct Islam's bad image in West | csmonitor.com The Arab League meets today to discuss ways to propagate a more moderate and truer sense of Islam.

US mediators arrive in a doubting Mideast | csmonitor.com Weekend attacks and retaliations between Israel and the Palestinians make Burns and Zinni's task today tougher.

Chicago Tribune | Friendly warning from a lover of liberty Priests, burglars and psychiatrists know the same truth about human nature: Sometimes it takes the eyes of an outsider to let us know how much we have and how easily we can lose it.

Columns: Campaign for Afghan women seems insincere If the Bush administration wants us to believe it is waging war in part to raise the status of women, we need to look at how much concern the administration has given women's equality issues in other parts of the world.

Researchers excited about possible mission to Pluto (11/25/2001) Congress has set aside $30 million to begin planning for a robotic peek at one of great oddballs of the solar system, the tiny planet Pluto.

Three Held in Alleged Plot on Massachusetts School Three students were being held on Sunday, charged with planning a deadly assault on their high school that they promised would be ``bigger than Columbine,'' police said.

Dynamite Found in Suitcases Near Downtown Chicago Two suitcases containing 30 pounds of dynamite were found near downtown Chicago on Sunday afternoon, spurring police to evacuate the area.

CIA Agent Possibly Dead in Mazar Revolt - Media The United States used heavily armed AC-130 gunships and MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters on Sunday to help Northern Alliance commanders crush a revolt by foreign Taliban prisoners at a mud-walled fort in northern Afghanistan, U.S. defense officials said.

Marines Land at Kandahar - U.S. Officials Several hundred U.S. Marines landed in southern Afghanistan near the last major Taliban stronghold of Kandahar and more troops would follow in the next few days, U.S. defense officials said on Sunday.

Boston Globe Online / Editorials / The next phase Now begins the second step: the hunt for bin Laden and the other bosses of Al Qaeda. It is crucial that they do not escape Afghanistan. If they are to be prevented from killing thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of fresh victims, their organization must be decapitated.