U S aims heavy incidents near Kabul spark calls for ground troops
Reports say Wednesday and Thursday saw the heaviest U S fighting yet in the front line north of Kabul as opposition leaders urged Washington to increase strikes. Taliban said a U S device hit a bus in Kandahar injuring civilians. Diplomats and Afghans push for a post Taliban government and a multi ethnic leadership with calls to remove foreign influence.
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Kabul
Washington
America
Taliban
Afghanistan
Ezatullah
Kandahar
Peshawar
Pakistan
Mohammad Zaher Shah
bin Laden
al-Qaida
Bush
United States
Shamali
Northern Alliance
Farid Mohammed
Rumsfeld Says Afghan Fight Harms Taliban as Bin Laden Eludes
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said the U S campaign in Afghanistan hurts the Taliban and al Qaida while bin Laden remains hard to reach. Senate passes anti-terror bill. Bush to sign. Gen Jones says Marines can deploy in six hours from USS Theodore Roosevelt. Ashcroft vows all legal means to detain suspects. BBC reports Britain to deploy 1,000 commandos for possible Taliban ground action.
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Taliban
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bin Laden
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Senate
Bush
Marine Corps
James Jones
Theodore Roosevelt
Arabian Sea
John Ashcroft
British Broadcasting Corp
Britain
BBC
Capitol Hill clears some buildings amid anthrax scare
Three weeks into the bioterrorism scare lawmakers return to several Capitol Hill offices. Officials report no exposure linked to mail from an offsite anthrax-detected machine. Tests expand across federal facilities as 250 to 300 people are screened and 80 at the Sterling facility receive Cipro. The nationwide total reaches 13 cases, with seven inhalation and six skin forms.
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Capitol Hill
White House
Ari Fleischer
Colin Powell
Senate
Julie Gerberding
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
New Jersey
State Department
Richard Boucher
Department
Sterling
Ivan Wallis
Washington
Public Health Department
Gion
Boucher
Powell
Toll Road Bypass Proposed for Gaston Area
The 29 mile NC toll bypass from I 485 to U S 321 north of Dallas would include 12 interchanges and bridges over the Catawba and South Fork rivers. Estimated 1998 cost 385 million dollars. Local officials advocate the project amid mixed views on toll funding and gas tax ideas.
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U.S. 321
Dallas
Catawba
South Fork
Bob Spencer
Chamber
Transportation Committee
Spencer
Statesville
Kim Price
Senate
Raleigh
Frank Johnson
North Carolina
Basnight
Jim Crawford
D-Granville
Crawford
Hoyle
Gaston County
Gazette
Thomas J. Monigan
Anthrax found on NYC postal facility mail machines
Four mail sorting machines at a Manhattan processing station tested positive for anthrax. Officials urge calm about mailed material while health authorities report a second NBC worker likely contracted skin anthrax from a Brokaw aide’s letter. The NBC desk assistant affected is reported as fine.
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Brentwood
Postal Service
Deborah Willhite
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NBC
New York
Manhattan
Tony Musso
Brokaw
Belmont motel ordered to curb nuisance activities and restrain owners
Belmont police and state officials secured a nuisance judgment guiding Heritage Inn owners Patel to restrict access and improve security. The order requires guest identification, a hotel registry, no trespassing signs, fencing, lighting, and a resident manager only residence. Costs totaled 4,500 for legal work with 1,500 to the police and 3,000 to the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division.
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Patels
Belmont Police Department
North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Division
Lands
Belmont Police
L.J. Lewallen
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Gastonia
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Richard van Meter
Riverwood Medical Associates
Don Thrower
RPH Medical Center
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