Bush presses diplomacy to keep coalition on Afghanistan
President Bush intensifies overseas diplomacy ahead of the two-month mark since the Sept. 11 attacks, meeting eight foreign leaders at the White House and at the United Nations, while delivering a satellite address to European officials on terrorism. The CDC vaccinates health workers against smallpox amid heightened alert for bioterror threats. A Nepal native with knives and a stun gun is arrested at O'Hare after flagging security checks.
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Bush
White House
United Nations
Poland
Afghanistan
Scott McClellan
O'Hare International
Subash Gurung
United Airlines
Omaha
Neb
Thomas Donegan
Gurung
FBI
Donegan
Chicago
O'Hare
Widows and mothers face added burdens after 9 11
Jenna Jacobs and others expectant mothers who lost partners in the World Trade Center attacks cope with grief while awaiting or caring for newborns. The piece follows families at Cantor Fitzgerald and beyond, detailing emotional roller coasters, finances, and plans to keep memories alive for children born into loss.
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New York
Jenna
Ariel Jacobs
World Trade Center
Gabriel Benjamin
Jenna Jacobs
Becaus
Cantor Fitzgerald
Jill Gartenberg
Manhattan
Jim
Trade Center
Gartenberg
Jacobs
Gabriel
Staten Island
Dawn Shay
Robert III
Ryan
Jonathan Robert
Robert Jr
Shay
Jonathan
Briarcliff Manor
Ariel
Islam in America split between South Asian and Black communities
The piece profiles Arshad Majid from India and Talib Abdur-Rashid from North Carolina, tracing how immigrant South Asians and U.S. born Blacks shape Islam in America. It notes mosques, demographic estimates ranging from 1.8 to 6 million, and tensions between immigrant groups and native Black Muslims, including the Nation of Islam heritage.
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Arshad Majid
India
Majid
Long Island
Talib Abdur-Rashid
Greensboro
N.C
South Bronx
Harlem
Malcolm X
Pakistan
U.S
Mahmoud Ayoub
Temple University
Philadelphia
United States
University of Chicago
National Opinion Research Center
American Jewish Committee
City University of New York
Abdur-Rashid
Mosque of
Islamic Brotherhood
Egypt
Ayoub
Lebanon
Lyndon Johnson
Los Angeles
Detroit
Chicago
New York
Wallace D. Ford
Mecca
Jane Smith
Fard
Nation of Islam
Elijah Muhammad
God
Muhammad
Bay Bridge vulnerability corrected by California officials
Lawrence Livermore scientists identified a dangerous vulnerability in the Bay Bridge linking potential sabotage to other suspension bridges. Caltrans hardened the anchorage room with concrete, razor wire fencing, and a blast wall while officials guarded the area. Golden Gate and other bridges could be at risk if cables were cut, though anchorage protection varied.
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Gray Davis
California
Lawrence Livermore
Bay Bridge
New York
Caltrans
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Bay
Bill Wattenburg
KGO
D.O
Spike” Helmick
California Highway Patrol
Helmick
Wattenburg
Highway Patrol
Anchorage
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
David McCallen
McCallen
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