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Al-Jazeera, a television news service based in Qatar, broadcast an audiotape Tuesday that supposedly contains the voice of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The tape calls for new attacks against Americans, and it encourages Muslims to rise up against a possible U.S.-led war in Iraq.

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An intense debate has lit up the floor at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. It began when the U.S. asked NATO to start planning protection for Turkey, in case a war breaks out in neighboring Iraq. But NATO members France, Germany, and Belgium blocked the American request because they felt that sending Turkey defense hardware - such as anti-missile batte...

A fire aboard a subway train in Daegu, South Korea quickly spread from car to car Tuesday morning, killing at least 120 people. When firefighters were able to put out the blaze about three hours after it began, many had suffocated after becoming trapped in the subway. Authorities believe the fire was set intentionally, and they are doing all they can to find out the reason behind it.

President Bush was among thousands who attended a memorial service Tuesday for the astronauts lost in the Columbia tragedy. The ceremony was held at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where the last communication by the astronauts was heard. Bush said that mankind was in the astronauts' debt.

A German court sentenced Mounir el Motassadeq to 15 years in prison Wednesday. Motassadeq was the first person to be tried on charges directly connected to the September 11 attacks on the United States. A national of Morocco, Motassadeq was found guilty of belonging to a terrorist group and being an accessory - someone who helps a lawbreaker without being present at the crime - to the murder of ...

CIA Director George Tenet said Wednesday that messages from terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden are usually followed by terrorist attacks. So the audiotape released Tuesday that reportedly contains bin Laden's voice is under close examination, as U.S. officials listen for possible clues about a pending assault.

At a news conference on Thursday, President Bush said that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been given a final chance to disarm, but that Saddam was throwing that chance away. The president added that the game is over for Iraq. His statement came one day after Secretary of State Colin Powell presented the United Nations with what Washington called evidence against Iraq.

United Nations weapons inspectors wrapped up weekend meetings with high-level Iraqi officials Sunday. Chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hope Iraq will be more cooperative with U.N. Resolution 1441, which calls on the Gulf nation to disarm. But U.S. officials say Iraq has offered too little, too late.

Overview: Two days of talks between the chief U.N. weapons inspectors and high-level Iraqi officials gave the inspectors hope that Iraq had finally begun to fully cooperate, but U.S. officials dismissed that hope as too little, too late.

Overview: At a news conference on Thursday, President Bush said that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been given a final chance to disarm, but that Saddam was throwing that chance away. The president added that the game is over for Iraq. His statement came one day after Secretary of State Colin Powell presented the United Nations with what Washington called evidence against Iraq. Iraqi science ad...

Overview: A voice reported to be that of Osama bin Laden calls on all Muslims to fight any U.S.-led attack on Iraq.

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Overview: A fire aboard a subway train in Daegu, South Korea quickly spread from car to car Tuesday morning, killing at least 120 people. When firefighters were able to put out the blaze about three hours after it began, many had suffocated after becoming trapped in the subway. Authorities believe the fire was set intentionally, and they are doing all they can to find out the reason behind it.

Overview: CIA Director George Tenet said Wednesday that messages from terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden are usually followed by terrorist attacks. So the audiotape released Tuesday that reportedly contains bin Laden's voice is under close examination, as U.S. officials listen for possible clues about a pending assault.

Overview: The arduous process of searching for clues is in full force for NASA. The organization is working with an independent group to discover what caused space shuttle Columbia to break up over Texas on Saturday. Investigators are paying close attention to what happened during the shuttle's takeoff on January 16.

Overview: Hundreds of people gathered on Tuesday at the Johnson Space Center as NASA honored the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia.

Overview: A German court has jailed 28-year-old Mounir Motassadeq for 15 years after convicting him of aiding the September 11 suicide hijackers. This is the first trial anywhere of a suspected September 11 attack conspirator.

The arduous process of searching for clues is in full force for NASA. The organization is working with an independent group to discover what caused space shuttle Columbia to break up over Texas on Saturday. Investigators are paying close attention to what happened during the shuttle's takeoff on January 16.