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Final Florida recount favors Bush

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 12,2001 11:20 p.m.

A vote-by-vote review of untallied ballots in the 2000 Florida presidential election indicates George W. Bush would have narrowly prevailed in the partial recounts sought by Al Gore, but Gore might have reversed the outcome, by the barest of margins, had he pursued and gained a complete statewide recount.

WTO working on trade talks as deadline approaches

By Alyson Brodsy and Naomi Koppel · Monday, Nov. 12,2001 11:17 p.m.

DOHA, Qatar -- With a deadline looming, movement on two issues important to the United States raised hopes Monday that the World Trade Organization would clinch a deal allowing a new round of global trade talks to get under way.

Gulf veterans allege anthrax vaccine unsafe

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 12,2001 11:15 p.m.

LANSING, Mich. -- As the only American manufacturer of an anthrax vaccine prepares for an inspection to decide whether it can be used, people who have long opposed giving the vaccine to U.S. troops are trying to call attention to what they say are its potential dangers.

Kabul residents fear opposition attack

By Alyson Brodsy and Kathy Gannon · Monday, Nov. 12,2001 11:04 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Sitting hunched in a wooden chair outside his bicycle parts store in north Kabul, Saeed Abbas said he feared war would soon land on his doorstep.

Nuclear statement questioned

By Abdullah AlShihri and Matt Kelley · Monday, Nov. 12,2001 1:13 a.m.

Osama bin Laden likely has some chemical or biological weapons, and U.S. forces have bombed some sites in Afghanistan that could have been involved in producing them, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday. Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials said they doubt bin Laden's al-Qaeda network has a nuclear weapon, as bin Laden told a Pakistani journalist in a recent interview.

Alliance keeps Taliban on the run

By Abdullah AlShihri and Steven Gutkin · Monday, Nov. 12,2001 1:09 a.m.

Opposition forces claimed to have the Taliban on the run across much of northern Afghanistan on Sunday, as the ruling Islamic militia abandoned stronghold after stronghold in a withdrawal south toward the capital, Kabul. The foreign minister of the northern alliance, Abdullah, claimed the opposition had seized half the country in the past two days and dealt the Taliban a severe blow as a fighting force. U.S. officials warned that a counterattack was possible.

Bin Laden says he'll evade capture

By Abdullah AlShihri and Greg Myre · Sunday, Nov. 11,2001 11:31 p.m.

Osama bin Laden said he had nothing to do with the anthrax attacks in the United States, and declared he would never allow himself to be captured, in the second part of a newspaper interview published Sunday. "America can't get me alive," bin Laden was quoted as saying. "I can be eliminated, but not my mission."

Bush recognizes Palestine

By Abdullah AlShihri and Ron Kampeas · Sunday, Nov. 11,2001 11:29 p.m.

"Palestine'' entered the U.S. government lexicon with President George W. Bush's speech to the United Nations. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that it reflected the administration's vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, side by side.

Taliban voice silenced

By Munir Ahmad · Thursday, Nov. 8,2001 10:57 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- In a diplomatic crackdown on the Taliban, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it ordered the fundamentalist militia to close its consulate in the port city of Karachi. Taliban diplomats also were told not to take part in nationwide protests by hard-line Islamic groups scheduled for Friday in Karachi, a center of Islamic fundamentalist activity, and protest organizers were warned against inciting violence.

Bush targets money connected to bin Laden

By Ron Fournier · Wednesday, Nov. 7,2001 11:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- In a crackdown at home and abroad, the Bush administration targeted Osama bin Laden's multimillion-dollar financial networks Wednesday, closing businesses in four states, detaining U.S. suspects and urging allies to help choke off money supplies in 40 nations. "By shutting these networks down, we disrupt the murderers' work," President Bush said, announcing the first major crackdown on companies, organizations and people suspected of aiding terrorists from U.S. soil. Across Europe and from coast to coast in America, police conducted raids designed to unravel two Islamic financial networks accused of laundering and raising money and providing other support to terrorists.

Liberals defeat Sandinistas in Nicaraguan elections

By Liz Cole · Monday, Nov. 5,2001 11:34 p.m.

On Monday Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega conceded defeat to Liberal Constitutionalist Party candidate Enrique Bolanos. This ends the possibility of the Sandinista government coming to power in Nicaragua in the next five years. However, some think the election was tampered with by the United States, despite ex-President Jimmy Carter's supervision of the elections.

Arab foreign ministers denounce bin Laden

By Abdullah AlShihri and Albert Aji · Monday, Nov. 5,2001 12:03 a.m.

Osama bin Laden is waging a war against the world and does not represent Arabs and Muslims, senior Arab officials said Sunday during a gathering of foreign ministers in the Syrian capital.

Florida Keys ordered to evacuate in light of hurricane

By Abdullah AlShihri and Coralie Carlson · Monday, Nov. 5,2001 12:01 a.m.

The Florida Keys were ordered evacuated Sunday as meteorologists warned that the chain of islands likely would be brushed by Hurricane Michelle. Rain spread into the state as the eye of the hurricane blasted down on the south coast of Cuba.

Rate cuts, increased government spending expected

By Trevor K. Davis · Sunday, Nov. 4,2001 11:50 p.m.

This week, investors will be watching Congress and the Federal Reserve. Many on Wall Street are expecting the Fed to cut interest rates Tuesday. Many are asking, how big will the rate cut be? Economists are almost evenly divided as to whether the Federal Open Market Committee will cut interest rates by 25 or 50 basis points. The Fed has already cut interest rates nine times this year.

U.S. to send special forces to aid Afghans

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Friday, Nov. 2,2001 1:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The United States is urgently working to land more clandestine warriors in Afghanistan to intensify pressure on the Taliban, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.

Airstrikes focus on front lines

By Alyson Brodsy and Kathy Gannon · Friday, Nov. 2,2001 1:07 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- American warplanes raided Kabul on Thursday for the first time in four days, striking targets in the northern edge of the capital. The strikes came after U.S. jets pounded Taliban front lines and other strongholds.

Nicaraguan group renews bid for power

By Alyson Brodsy and John Rice · Thursday, Nov. 1,2001 11:18 p.m.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Under pink banners proclaiming peace and love, Daniel Ortega is running hard to regain the presidency of Nicaragua more than a decade after a U.S.-backed military crusade helped drive his socialist Sandinista Party from power. "With love, we will build the promised land," Ortega pledges in banners that hang over the streets of Managua ahead of Sunday's presidential election. A Marxist revolutionary icon when he defied U.S. might in the 1970s and 1980s, Ortega now sounds more like John Lennon than Vladimir Lenin.

Nuclear bill funds remain unchanged

By Abdullah AlShihri and Alan Fram · Wednesday, Oct. 31,2001 12:55 a.m.

House Democrats lost an effort Tuesday to add money to a program aimed at keeping Russian nuclear weapons away from terrorists. By voice vote, House lawmakers working with senators to craft a compromise energy and water spending bill rejected an effort by Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, that would have added $131 million to a $173 million program that helps Russia guard its nuclear facilities.

U.N. fears malaria outbreak in Afghanistan

By Alyson Brodsy and Alexander G. Higgins · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2001 11:23 p.m.

GENEVA -- The U.N. health agency said Tuesday that it fears there may be an outbreak of a deadly form of malaria in eastern Afghanistan.

Afghan opposition seeks stronger U.S. assistance

By Alyson Brodsy and Steven Gutkin · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 11 p.m.

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- With the front lines in Afghanistan largely unchanged despite U.S. airstrikes, opposition commanders insisted Monday they plan a major offensive, but said it could not succeed without stepped up American attacks to break down Taliban defenses.