Would-be bomber stopped near U.S. Embassy in Kabul
Afghan intelligence said a foreigner linked to al Qaida carried more than a half ton of explosives in a Toyota Corolla and was halted after a traffic accident near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. He was captured after a car chase. another Afghan man was arrested and one escaped. Officials stressed uncertainty about the target.
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Afghan Intelligence Service
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Hamid Karzai
Din Mohammad Jurat
Interior Ministry
Abdul Qadir
Angela Herbert
Intelligence Service
Traficant seeks expulsion as sole punishment at sentencing
Former Rep. James Traficant argues that his historic expulsion should be the only penalty for his corruption conviction. Prosecutors seek prison time of at least 7.25 years, to be decided at sentencing in Ohio.
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House of Representatives
Youngstown Democrat
Jerusalem bomb kills bomber at food stand in central city
A suicide bomber blew up at a popular central Jerusalem food stand, killing himself and wounding four Israelis. Separately, masked Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli settlers near Nablus as Palestinian towns face renewed curfews. Investigators recover data recorders from an Amtrak wreck near Washington. UK lawmaker Alan Duncan reveals he is gay. North Korea signals market reforms amid economic doubt.
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Troubled telecom giants to testify before Congress
WorldCom Global Crossing and Qwest executives will brief a Senate committee on sustaining essential operations amid worsening finances. The firms face SEC and DOJ probes into accounting and fraud, with WorldCom revealing near four billion in inflated expenses and Global Crossing shredding documents amid bankruptcy.
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