BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Arabs divided over Bin Laden tape Arabs are divided over the authenticity of the videotape released by the Pentagon that allegedly proves that Osama Bin Laden is guilty of the terror attacks on the United States.

ABCNEWS.com : Bush Withdraws From ABM Treaty In a historic break with Russia, the Bush administration today withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, a move effective in six months, The Associated Press has learned.

ABCNEWS.com : Moving In The contingent of U.S. Marines who have been operating out of Camp Rhino southwest of Kandahar announced tonight that they have taken the city's airport and may move the entire facility there as soon as Friday.

U.S. Releases Video; Bin Laden Said Surrounded The United States on Thursday released a video it said was the ``smoking gun'' that nailed Osama bin Laden as mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks as one report said the Saudi-born militant was surrounded in a cave complex in eastern Afghanistan.

Blasts, shots near Indian parliament Police and paramilitary forces were fighting a fierce gunbattle with unknown attackers around the Indian Parliament building Thursday afternoon.

Americans expect another attack More than eight out of 10 Americans say they think it is likely that the United States will be the target of another major terrorist attack in the next few months, according to an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll.

CNN.com - Geraldo's gun-toting sparks debate - December 12, 2001 From his perch near Tora Bora, Afghanistan, Fox News Channel correspondent Geraldo Rivera seemed more agitated by a question about carrying a gun than by the mortar rounds that just exploded nearby.

Al-Jazeera Acknowledges Bin Laden Tapes The Arabic-language Al-Jazeera news station acknowledged Wednesday that it refrained from broadcasting several videos of Osama bin Laden, taken before and after Sept. 11, for editorial or technical reasons.

csmonitor.com - Bin Laden in Pakistan, source claims As US airstrikes pound Tora Bora, a top Al Qaeda aide says the leader has fled.

U.S. Skeptical of Report Bin Laden's in Pakistan A U.S. newspaper reported on Wednesday that Osama bin Laden had left Afghanistan for Pakistan but the report was viewed with skepticism by U.S. officials.

Israel Hits Back, U.S. Peace Mission in Trouble Israel sent its warplanes against Palestinian targets early on Thursday and severed ties with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in a move that seemed likely to scupper the latest U.S. Middle East peace efforts.

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ABCNEWS.com : First Key Indictment in Sept. 11 Probe A man who raised suspicions of instructors at a flight school in Minnesota almost a month before the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America has become the first person indicted in connection with the probe, Attorney General John Ashcroft said today.

US worries bin Laden will escape | csmonitor.com At deadline for surrender, Pentagon frets that goals of US and Afghan allies will diverge - and terrorists will flee.

US, world press hard on Arafat | csmonitor.com EU seconds US in intensifying pressure on Palestinian leader - while Arabs stay silent.

Bin Laden on Video 'Marvels' at Attack - Senator ``He laughs. He smiles. He marvels at the destruction and death,'' a U.S. senator who has seen a videotape of Osama bin Laden discussing the Sept. 11 attack said on Tuesday.

Boston Globe Online / Health | Science / Taliban leave behind ruined health system in Afghanistan The clinic is clean, the staff cheerful. The female patients lining an entire wall are happy to have any medical attention at all.

Afghan Leader Vows to Build New Nation Sitting in the sprawling compound of the defeated Taliban leader, Afghanistan's interim ruler pledged Monday to build a new nation - but said the country must first destroy the terrorists who have held it hostage.

Extremism on the run The speed of the Taliban's collapse is an encouraging sign, not just for Afghanistan but for the rest of the world. It suggests that the most extreme form of Islamic fundamentalism may have less staying power as a political movement than many around the world feared.

American Planes Resume Bombing Amid Surrender Talks U.S. planes bombed suspected mountain hideouts of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda fighters on Wednesday as surrender talks were under way, anti-Taliban commander Mohammad Amin said.

U.S., Afghan Allies Harry Bin Laden Loyalists The United States and its Afghan tribal allies hounded fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Afghanistan where he is believed to be hiding as Washington insisted he be handed over if taken alive.

Al Qaeda Planned New Attack on Washington -Newsweek A U.S.-based cell of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network nearly launched a post-Sept. 11 attack on a major target in Washington before going underground or fleeing the country, Newsweek reported on Sunday.

Video Ties Bin Laden to Sept. 11 Planning, US Says Top U.S. officials said on Sunday they had viewed a videotape purporting to show that Osama bin Laden had advance knowledge of the Sept. 11 suicide hijacking blitz in what could be the strongest evidence yet of his alleged link to the attacks -- a link he has denied.