Alliance Says Commander Enters Kunduz The first northern alliance troops entered Kunduz on Sunday, and the city's Taliban and foreign defenders were surrendering ``continuously,'' alliance spokesmen said. No fighting was initially reported as the alliance moved in.

Boston Globe Online / Metro | Region / Harvard professor missing A world-renowned Harvard scientist and expert in highly contagious and deadly viruses mysteriously disappeared in Tennessee early last Friday, leaving a rental car on a Memphis bridge.

Bush administration quietly overturning environmental rules / Some policies eased in name of security In the last two months, the Bush administration has proceeded with several regulations, legal settlements and legislative measures intended to reverse Clinton-era environmental policies.

Dalai Lama Visits Portugal Amid Chinese Criticism The Dalai Lama arrived in Portugal on Saturday at the start of a five-day visit that has generated criticism from the Chinese government.

sunspot.net - Some rights we should surrender Here are the rights and freedoms we should be willing to surrender to shore up the nation's security:

CNN.com - FAA evacuates passenger terminals at four airports - November 24, 2001 Passengers at airports in Seattle, Washington; Oakland, California; and Reno, Nevada, were evacuated and rescreened Saturday morning after a security agent discovered a metal detector at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was not turned on, an FAA spokesman said.

Wait Until Dark If the administration were really proud of how it's grabbing "emergency" powers that skirt the law, it wouldn't do so in the dead of night.

GN Online: Here's looking at you, Israel During the past week, a television programme called Irhabiat broadcast on Abu Dhabi satellite television has seen strong reactions from the Israeli government. Here is an overview of the issue and reactions in the Arab press.

Israeli Missiles Strike Gaza Positions Israeli helicopters fired at least 20 missiles at Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday, destroying a security position and wounding three people, Palestinian security officials said.

CNN.com - Japanese troops on aid, rescue mission - November 24, 2001 Japan will send 1,500 troops for the Afghan relief operations which are likely to start in next few weeks, a senior Japanese official said Friday.

CBS News | Hamas Vows 'Painful' Revenge | Sat, 24 Nov 2001 16:10:03 EST More than 60,000 Palestinian mourners in the West Bank and Gaza vowed on Saturday to launch revenge attacks in Israel, a day after an Israeli missile strike killed a senior militant from the Hamas group.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Pakistan warns of Kunduz 'tragedy' Pakistan has continued to express its grave concern about the situation in the besieged city of Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan.

BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | China eyes the Moon China says it will launch a manned flight into space before 2005 to be followed by a mission to the moon.

In New York, On Alert for Bioterrorism (washingtonpost.com) Just before noon on Nov. 13, Farzad Mostashari gazed down at his computer printout and wondered aloud if he was staring into the face of a biological attack.

Milosevic To Stand Trial for Genocide (washingtonpost.com) Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will stand trial on charges of committing genocide during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, a U.N. war crimes tribunal announced today. The 60-year-old Serbian nationalist will be the first head of state to be taken to court on allegations of genocide, the most grievous of all war crimes.

Visitors to U.S. can expect probing terrorism questions Although federal terrorism investigators say none are suspects, thousands of Middle Eastern men in the United States will be asked detailed questions -- ranging from whether they sympathize with the Sept. 11 hijackers to where they have traveled. (Also see Highlights from the questions list.)

Fighters Stream From Kunduz; Bush Vows to Prevail More than 1,000 Taliban fighters surrendered to U.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces besieging the Afghan town of Kunduz on Saturday as President Bush warned Americans of ``difficult times ahead'' as his war on terrorism accelerated.

U.N. meeting on Afghanistan delayed until Tuesday (11/23/2001) A conference of Afghan groups trying to form a transitional government in their country has been delayed a day, with differences still dividing the rival factions, a U.N. official said Friday.

Reflections On 'Wartime' (washingtonpost.com) There's a hollow ring to this loud new wartime motto, "We'll show our enemies we're more powerful than they are." Our enemies know that already, they've known it all their lives as they trained to the careful, hateful mastery of tools the weak may use against the mighty. They can plainly see we are richer, stronger, in every way more capable of destruction. I would like us to show them, instead, that we are better.

Initial Tests Negative in Connecticut Anthrax Death Initial tests showed no trace of anthrax in the mail or home of an elderly Connecticut woman who died earlier this week of inhalation anthrax, Gov. John Rowland said on Friday, leaving investigators with no clear answer to how she contracted the deadly bacteria.