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New York 1 week later

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry McShane · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

NEW YORK -- One week after terrorists brought down the World Trade Center, the mayor said there was virtually no hope left Tuesday of finding any of the 5,400 missing souls alive. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury has begun investigating the attack. The somber news from Mayor Rudolph Giuliani came just a few hours after the nation, led by President Bush on the White House lawn, paused for two minutes to honor the victims.

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Taliban government crumbling, Rumsfeld says

By Abdullah AlShihri and Greg Myre · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

After four weeks of U.S. attacks, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban are no longer "functioning as a government," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday. But an opposition attack on a key northern city was reported faltering only hours after it was launched.

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Global tourism shrinks 2.6 percent

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

MADRID, Spain - Revenues from international tourism shrank 2.6 percent last year because the Sept. 11 attacks "severely aggravated" the impact of a global economic slowdown, the World Tourism Organization said Tuesday.

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Days after Arab summit, Mideast violence escalates

By Alyson Brodsy and Greg Myre · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Saying Israel is in a war for survival, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to "smash" Palestinian militants in an uncompromising offensive, as he addressed a nation rattled by five suicide bombings in five days, including two attacks Sunday that killed 14 Israelis. In a sign that Israel's "Operation Protective Wall" was expanding, dozens of Israeli tanks entered the West Bank town of Qalqiliya late Sunday, Palestinian witnesses said. Armored vehicles also amassed near biblical Bethlehem.

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'Single Sky' plan causes strike

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

An air traffic controllers' strike over a plan to unify Europe's disjointed skies crippled service Wednesday, grounding flights and stranding passengers throughout much of the continent.

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GAO to sue White House

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The General Accounting Office will sue the White House for access to documents from President Bush's energy task force, the agency said in a letter Wednesday to congressional leaders. The GAO's statement that it will take the White House to court sets up a political battle over executive privilege. Monday, Bush flatly refused to hand over the documents, saying to do so would encroach on his ability to freely seek outside views.

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Pentagon heavily damaged by airplane; officials evacuated

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon took a direct, devastating hit from an aircraft, and the enduring symbols of American power were evacuated Tuesday as an apparent terrorist attack quickly spread fear and chaos in the nation's capital. President Bush, in Florida at the time of the attack, canceled plans to return to Washington and was flown aboard Air Force One to the safety of a military installation at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The nerve center of the nation's military burst into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed when the plane struck in midmorning. Secondary explosions were reported in the aftermath of the attack and great billows of smoke drifted skyward toward the Potomac River and the city beyond.

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Arafat reshuffles authority

By Alyson Brodsy and Ibrahim Hazboun · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat named a new, smaller Cabinet on Sunday that includes a new minister to oversee the security forces. The move follows strong calls for reform by ordinary Palestinians and Western governments. In a press conference, Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in January of next year and municipal elections this fall.

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Anthrax continues to spread

By Abdullah AlShihri and Paul Recer · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

A New York woman believed suffering from anthrax struggled for her life Tuesday, triggering fresh concerns the disease was spreading beyond the intersection of the postal service and the news media. Postmaster General John Potter said several billion dollars will be needed to safeguard the nation's mail system.

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Bush freezes terrorists' assets

By Scott Lindlaw · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

President George W. Bush, calling for a "strike on the financial foundation" of terrorists, demanded Monday that foreign banks follow America's lead and freeze the assets of 27 individuals and organizations. Osama bin Laden accused Bush of leading a new crusade against Islam "under the flag of the cross."

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Pakistan sends warning to Taliban

By Laura King · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan declared Tuesday that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers "don't have much time" to stave off U.S.-led military strikes, the clearest signal yet that the Pakistani government is washing its hands of the Taliban's fate.

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Gotti burial in Roman Catholic cemetery approved

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry McShane · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Notorious mob boss John Gotti will be interred in a Roman Catholic cemetery alongside his son, but his family was denied permission to hold a funeral Mass for the convicted killer. Gotti, responsible for at least five murders during his bloody reign atop the Gambino crime family, will not receive a Mass of Christian burial, the Rev. Andrew Vaccari, chancellor of the Diocese of Brooklyn, said Wednesday.

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U.S., U.K. planes bomb Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

MANAMA, Bahrain -- U.S. and British warplanes bombed an anti-aircraft base in southern Iraq Thursday after coming under Iraqi artillery fire, a U.S. official said. The attack happened at 3:45 p.m. on Al Faw Peninsula, 290 miles southeast of Baghdad, said Maj. Brett Morris, spokesman for the Joint Task Force Southwest Asia. He said all aircraft returned safely to base, and a damage assessment was under way.

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