Al-Qaida Links Suspected in Warning
- Attorney General John Ashcroft urged Americans to adopt "the highest state of alert" in the search for 16 men possibly linked to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network and believed to have planned an attack against the United States or its people in Yemen.
Powell: Bush, North Korea to Hold Talks
- President Bush will offer a no-strings-attached dialogue to the North Korean government during his trip to Asia next week, and "we hope the North Koreans will take us up on it," Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday.
Suspect Detained in WSJ Kidnapping
- Police arrested a British-born Islamic militant Tuesday who they say masterminded the
kidnapping of The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl -- the biggest break yet in the
quest to free him. An official close to the investigation said the suspect told police Pearl is alive.
