News for Friday, May 10, 2002

Bizarre motive alleged in blasts RENO, Nev. -- The 21-year-old college art student accused of putting pipe bombs in mailboxes in five states told authorities he was trying to make a "smiley face" pattern on the map, a sheriff said Thursday.

3 mailbox bombs hit near Spokane SPOKANE -- At least three small bombs made with drain cleaner exploded in mailboxes in northern parts of Spokane County this week, the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday.

Gaza on edge; Bethlehem standoff ends JERUSALEM -- Tanks were poised outside the Gaza Strip, and Israel called up military reservists Thursday ahead of an expected attack, even as the standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity came to an end.

Hundreds arrested in Pakistan after bombing KARACHI, Pakistan -- In a sweep against Islamic militants Thursday, Pakistani authorities rounded up nearly 300 suspects while U.S. and French investigators searched for links between al-Qaida members and a suicide bombing that killed 14 people, including 11 French engineers.

CIA missile misses warlord The CIA fired a missile from an unmanned Predator aircraft over Afghanistan on Monday in an attempt to kill a warlord who has vowed to attack U.S. service personnel and oust the interim Afghan government of Hamid Karzai, according to administration sources.

House passes largest defense budget boost in decades WASHINGTON -- The House passed the biggest increase in military spending in decades early this morning. The new defense budget includes $11 billion for a new mobile artillery cannon the Pentagon doesn't want.

House panel votes to bar U.S from war crimes tribunal WASHINGTON -- A House panel voted Thursday to bar U.S. cooperation with the new international war crimes tribunal, heeding critics of the court who said it would imperil American troops.

News for Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Graves in Tora Bora linked to bin Laden guards

Security Council retools Iraq sanctions

News for Monday, May 6, 2002

Hopes for Mideast peace turn to United States

Mideast fight isn't foreign to South Sound

South Sound resident has seen West Bank brutality

Talks on the Mideast

Church siege on cusp of resolution

Taliban official has dire warning

Discovery of more pipe bombs raises concerns

Air Force suffers from cargo limits

U.S. to cut ties with tribunal

News for Sunday, May 5, 2002

Five pipe bombs found in Nebraska mailboxes

Coalition troops disarm village suspected of harboring al-Qaida

Police raid suspected al-Qaida-linked training camp in Philippines; 7 arrested

News for Saturday, May 4, 2002

As fear recedes, summer travelers snap up discounts

Pipe bombs injure five

Pearl slaying trial reopens

Afghanistan's fledgling press freedoms face challenges

News for Friday, May 3, 2002

Coalition forces scour caves in Afghanistan

Pearl trial to shift venues

News for Wednesday, May 1, 2002

Islamic charity tied to al-Qaida

Twin tower report lauds its design

News for Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Sept. 11 hijackers left no paper trail, FBI chief says

Pakistani leader's pro-U.S. policies face election test

News for Monday, April 29, 2002

U.S. boosts forces on Pakistan border

450 airport workers arrested by feds since Sept. 11

News for Sunday, April 28, 2002

Afghan factions battle during Rumsfeld visit

News for Saturday, April 27, 2002

U.N. delays fact-finding mission to West Bank

Rumsfeld urges troops to prepare for 'long war'

Pakistan bomb blast kills 12 women

News for Friday, April 26, 2002

Rein in the Israelis, Saudis warn Bush

U.S. troops to join pursuit in Pakistan

Nine Palestinians leave Bethlehem church

U.N.-Israel talks on Jenin investigation suspended

News for Thursday, April 25, 2002

Battles erupt in provincial Afghan city

Defense spending in state increases 3.7 percent

News for Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Guantanamo interrogations termed 'miserable'

German police nab suspected militants

News for Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Sept. 11 suspect jars court

News for Monday, April 22, 2002

Leading scientists try to crack anthrax puzzle

Scientist: The stakes are high

Banks to operate despite threat of attack

News for Sunday, April 21, 2002

Economic powers pledge to stymie terrorist funding

U.S. military engineers ready to build in Philippines

Peace remains fragile in Afghanistan

News for Saturday, April 20, 2002

Rumsfeld visits Fort Lewis, salutes light-armored troops

USS Cole on duty after 14 months of repairs

Canadians angry, but few see lasting damage

Judge in Daniel Pearl murder case replaced

War-weary Afghans wage new battle against locusts

Bush seeks to exempt military from some environmental rules

News for Friday, April 19, 2002

Death of Canadians pinned on pilot's mistake

Relatives of Flight 93 victims say tape included 'screaming'

Entrepreneur tries to pitch Sept. 11 victims trading cards

Welcome Home, Sailor

News for Thursday, April 18, 2002

Errant U.S. missile kills 4 Canadians

Bush faces backlash over Mideast policy

Bush resumes drumbeat against Iraqi president

Some in military could get tax break

Rumsfeld defends idea of military command for homeland defense

Afghanistan's former king returns to homeland

News for Wednesday, April 17, 2002

U.S. review: Bin Laden was at Tora Bora

British commandos lead Afghanistan campaign

News for Tuesday, April 16, 2002

U.S. soldiers die in Afghan blast

Bin Laden, key aide, hijacker surface on tape

News for Monday, April 15, 2002

Afghan gunfire targets soldiers

News for Sunday, April 14, 2002

Powell, Arafat to meet today

Arafat a difficult 'fact of life' for Bush administration

Lebanon could become new front

Afghans seek U.S. damage compensation

News for Saturday, April 13, 2002

U.S. troops posed for photos with bound Lindh

Factional fighting rages near Afghan capital

Temblor kills dozens in northern part of country

News for Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Lawyer charged with helping jailed sheik spread terror

Bioterrorism conference stresses need for preparedness

News for Tuesday, April 9, 2002

Iraqi oil exports halted

Israeli troops begin pullout in two towns, invade another

Afghan defense minister survives deadly bombing

News for Monday, April 8, 2002

Rockets fired at compound of international allied forces

Pentagon asks to arm foreign troops

Afghans rally for U.S. rebuilding aid

Mass graves may contain victims of Taliban regime

News for Sunday, April 7, 2002

Next steps uncertain

Road to Baghdad now runs through Jerusalem

War successful so far, but next step unclear

Air Force's 'hunter-killer' could be new unmanned weapon

Afghan winter gives way to spring of uncertainty

Quest for weapons rejuvenates U.S. research labs

Financial war on terrorism suffers from agency rivalry

News for Saturday, April 6, 2002

Gimlets march again at Fort Lewis

Al-Qaida, Taliban offer rewards for capturing or killing Westerners

Daniel Pearl murder proceedings delayed

News for Friday, April 5, 2002

Afghanistan officials say assassination plot foiled