Northern Alliance General Says U.S. Working With Him
General Rashid Dostum says he and a small U.S. delegation met near Mazar e Sharif as Afghan opposition forces push to retake the city. Taliban reinforcements were reported, with heavy clashes but no major ground gained. The United States may expand its presence in Afghanistan.
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Mazar-e-Sharif
Uzbekistan
Ibrahim Ghafoori
Ghafoori
U.N
Secret U S commando raid opens new Afghanistan phase
About 100 U S commandos carried out a ground assault in southern Afghanistan near the Taliban stronghold, returning to base after hours in the country. Two Americans were killed when a support helicopter crashed in Pakistan, as officials confirmed broader covert and overt operations to pressure Taliban and locate Osama bin Laden.
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bin Laden
Carl Levin
Senate Armed Services Committee
Anthrax Strains Indistinguishable Points to Single Source
Washington officials say the three anthrax strains appearing in Florida New York and Washington are indistinguishable suggesting a single source FBI traced two tainted letters to a New Jersey mailbox Two more skin form cases raised total victims to eight Capitol Hill offices remain under hazmat scrutiny Ridge said lab tests show all three strains are similar and the threat remains ongoing
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White House
Bush presses Asian allies over Afghanistan war
President Bush urged wavering Asian nations to back the U S campaign against terrorism while cautioning civilians in Afghanistan. Malaysia resisted, urging an end to bombing. A helicopter crash near Pakistan killed two and a first meeting with Jiang Zemin highlighted shared intelligence and funding cuts for terrorists.
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Obituary Notices from Page 12
The notice lists six residents with ages and hometowns: Irene B. Heavener 87 Maysville West Virginia Geneva N. McWilliams 61 Maurertown Louise H. Nichols 89 Front Royal Viola R. Sager 66 Broadway Marian R. Thomas 94 Silver Spring Maryland Betty A. Thompson 72 Hinton.
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Maysville
W.va
Geneva N. McWilliams
Maurertown
Louise H. Nichols
Front Royal
Viola R. Sager
Broadway
Marian R. Thomas
Silver Spring
Betty A. Thompson
Hinton
Harrisonburg Charter Debate Divides City Council
Judge bars voters from three proposed charter amendments next month while Vice Mayor Dora Peterson presses to advance at least two. Mayor Carolyn Frank and others call for broad charter review as the council weighs filling vacancies by amendment and allowing measures by motion amid ongoing legal questions.
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Harrisonburg
Joe Fitzgerald
Dora Peterson
Carolyn Frank
Frank
Warner Lead Shrinks In Poll Ahead Of Governor Election
The Associated Press reports that Democrat Mark Warner holds 45 percent to Republican Mark Earley’s 42 percent in a Richmond poll of 625 registered voters, with 12 percent undecided and 1 percent backing Libertarian William Redpath. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.
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Mark R. Warner
Warner
Earley
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc
William Redpath
Preservationists Acquire Fisher's Hill Battlefield Obti
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation bought 22 acres on Flint Hill overlooking Fisher's Hill where Gen. Philip Sheridan halted Jubal Early's Confederate force in 1864. The tract, acquired with Shenandoah County aid, marks the foundation's first battlefield property ownership and preserves the key overlook of the historic site.
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