The Manila Times Internet Edition | TOP STORIES > US troops camp in Zambo to aid AFP American troops are setting up logistics facilities in Zamboanga City and expanding a training program for elite Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units, military officials said yesterday

BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Four dead in Israeli raid Israeli troops have killed four Palestinian policemen during a raid on a Palestinian-controlled village in the West Bank.

The Afghans Need America, and They Know It For peace and a just government to take hold, Afghanistan needs a triumph of unflinching American reason.

Bin Laden 'Leading 1,000 Men' in Tora Bora Battle Osama bin Laden is personally leading about 1,000 fighters defending his mountain strongholds in eastern Afghanistan, a Northern Alliance spokesman said on Sunday.

Pentagon: Marines Holding American in Afghanistan A 20-year-old American captured while fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan is being held by U.S. Marines at a remote desert base south of Kandahar, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Pressure builds on Tora Bora caves Taleban and al-Qaeda positions in eastern and southern Afghanistan are coming under increasing pressure from the US and its allies.

Former President Carter criticizes military tribunals plan (12/06/2001) President Bush's order authorizing military tribunals for suspected terrorists threatens to undermine the United State's reputation for justice and its ability to promote peace, former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday.

House bill would earmark $2.9 billion for bioterrorism, including vaccine buy (12/06/2001) House Republicans and Democrats on Thursday introduced their answer to the nation's growing concerns over bioterrorism -- a $2.9 billion proposal to increase vaccine stockpiles, train health officials and protect food and water supplies.

Israel Bombs Palestinian Police HQ, Wounds 18 Israeli warplanes bombed the Palestinian Authority's main police headquarters on Friday, wounding at least 18 people in fresh retaliation for suicide attacks in the Jewish state.

Taliban Say They'll Surrender Kandahar The Taliban said on Thursday it wanted to negotiate surrender of its last stronghold, bomb-blasted Kandahar, but only if leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, the protector of alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, is granted an amnesty.

Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | No news is good news Censorship and partisan coverage of events in Afghanistan are not causing concern to a US public unused to complicated stories about the world beyond America's shores, writes Duncan Campbell

Al-Qaida base under assault Afghan fighters and U.S. warplanes struck Osama bin Laden’s forces here today near their extensive mountain stronghold, and local commanders claimed this afternoon to have captured half of the complex from al Qaeda defenders.

America's new charity of choice: Afghanistan | csmonitor.com Whether motivated by guilt over US bombs or a greater sense of global connectedness, many Americans are reaching out to a country halfway around the world that, just three months ago, they likely couldn't have found on a map.

More in US carry guns; restrictions lose support | csmonitor.com It's a busy shopping day at the Pecos Gun Shop. Customers wander the store, staring at gun grips and revolvers and hunting rifles. They consider the options, ask about prices, and - most important to David Dodson - they buy.

BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Hamas beats off Arafat's forces Gunmen from the Palestinian militant group Hamas freed their leader soon after he was placed under house arrest by Palestinian security forces.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | New Afghan leader sets out aims The man appointed to lead Afghanistan for the next six months has said that the country needs economic opportunities and democratic elections in order to move forward.

ABCNEWS.com : Three U.S. Troops Killed by Stray Bomb Three U.S. special forces soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in southern Afghanistan today in an errant B-52 bombing raid, Pentagon officials said.

ABCNEWS.com : Top-10 Fugitive Arrested in Anthrax Hoaxes A fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted list who is suspected of sending hundreds of anthrax hoax letters to abortion clinics was caught today, authorities said.

FBI Starts Opening Anthrax-Tainted Leahy Letter FBI and Army scientists on Wednesday began the process of opening an anthrax-laden letter sent to Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, hoping to find clues to help identify the source of germ attacks that have killed five people since October, FBI officials said.

Afghans Agree on Government, Leader Escapes Bomb Afghanistan's new leaders began beating their swords into ploughshares on Thursday as U.S. forces pursued the ``messy, dirty job'' of finishing off the leadership of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda.

CBS News | Eye On Politics | Terror War II, The Mideast Front?| Tue, 04 Dec 2001 20:50:06 EST Peace in the Middle East may require putting aside the rhetoric and working with Arab leaders, according to this Against the Grain commentary by CBSNews.com's Dick Meyer.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Afghan opposition clash with al-Qaeda Anti-Taleban fighters in Afghanistan say they have clashed with members of Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network near their cave hideout south of Jalalabad.

ABCNEWS.com : Barbara Walters Interview with President and Mrs. Bush (Part 1) In his first television interview since Sept. 11, President Bush spoke to ABCNEWS' Barbara Walters about the responsibility of leading the nation's response to the terrorist attacks.

Afghans Agree on Government Plan, Fighting Rages Afghanistan inched closer to forging an interim government on Tuesday as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pledged to drive Taliban troops out of their last stronghold, Kandahar.

Israel Threatens Tougher Strikes on Palestinians Israel warned it will step up military strikes against targets in Palestinian-ruled areas until Yasser Arafat cracks down on militants behind deadly suicide attacks in the Jewish state.

U.S. Troops May Strike Outside Afghanistan - Bush President Bush said on Tuesday U.S. troops might be used to carry out strikes outside Afghanistan as part of the administration's expanding war against terrorism.

Newsday.com - Anti-Taliban Forces lay siege to bin Laden hideouts Moving to encircle and cut off Osama bin Laden, anti-Taliban forces controlling most of this eastern region yesterday dispatched about 1,000 fighters to lay siege to the remote White Mountains, where the terror mastermind and some 1,200 members of his heavily armed followers are believed to have dug in in a honeycombed complex of caves for one last bloody confrontation with the United States and its local allies.

Report: Bin Laden May Be Close to Nuclear Weapon Osama bin Laden, chief suspect in the Sept. 11 suicide plane attacks on the United States, may be closer than first thought to developing a crude nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.