Suspected Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center
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Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties to Taliban
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Osama bin Laden's organization made a fresh call to arms today as Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic links with the Taliban, leaving Pakistan the sole country with formal ties to Afghanistan's hard-line leaders. 09/25/01
Bush freezes terrorists' assets
WASHINGTON -- President Bush ordered a freeze Monday on the assets of 27 people and organizations with suspected links to terrorism, including Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, and urged other nations to do likewise. 09/25/01
Pilots union urges Congress to allow firearms in cockpits
WASHINGTON -- The Air Line Pilots Association pressed Congress Tuesday to allow pilots to carry firearms in cockpits, a move the union says could prevent hijackings. 09/25/01
Ashcroft says wiretap laws, terrorism penalties most important part of legislation
WASHINGTON -- Punishing terrorists as harshly as drug dealers and mafia dons and updating the FBI's wiretapping abilities are necessary for the Justice Department to battle terrorism, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday. 09/25/01
Defense secretary says goal is to reduce, not eliminate, terrorism
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. campaign against terrorism will not completely eradicate it, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says. 09/25/01
 Doug Mills / Associated Press President Bush walks into the Rose Garden with Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, and Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill as they prepare to announce that the United States has frozen the assets of 27 terrorists and terrorist organizations.  |
WASHINGTON -- The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon cost $2 million at most, according to government officials and experts, who said the low costs of sowing terror may undermine efforts to stop it by cutting off the money supply. 09/25/01
U.S. agents investigate money trail
WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators are widening their search for suspects in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon by creating financial profiles of the hijackers aboard the commercial jetliners. 09/25/01
Terrorists find home in Canada
TORONTO -- While Canada denies any connection with those who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Canadian officials say the country is riddled with terrorists. 09/25/01
Hope of finding survivors gone
NEW YORK -- Gently closing the door on hopes of finding any more survivors, New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on Monday announced that the city would begin assisting the families of World Trade Center victims with the necessary court paperwork to have their loved ones declared dead. 09/25/01
Russia to arm Afghan opposition
MOSCOW -- Russia will intensify its support of Afghan opposition forces and is prepared to supply them with weapons and military equipment, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. 09/25/01
1 charged with aiding terrorists
WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities have charged the first person with aiding the terrorist hijackers, according to court documents released Monday. 09/25/01
Suspect made inquiries about crop-duster loan
WASHINGTON -- The man who the FBI believes flew an American Airlines plane into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 apparently walked into a U.S. Department of Agriculture office in Florida last year and asked about a loan to buy a crop-duster plane. 09/25/01
A new view of high-rise firefighting
Modern firefighting and rescue, built upon hard lessons from deadly disasters going back more than a century, had two fundamental beliefs shattered in the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. 09/25/01
Casualties of terror
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Shooting delays Mideast truce talks
JERUSALEM -- Israel-Palestinian truce talks sought by the United States were again put off Monday after a Jewish woman was killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank. 09/25/01
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