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IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan's efforts to fight extremism get boost after terror strikes in U.S.; minister
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) With a new anti-terrorism law and international support, Pakistan plans to crack down on Islamic and ethnic extremists responsible for killing hundreds of people here every year, a senior official said Monday.
Updated on 12/03/2001 15:44 09:06 AM


TERROR INVESTIGATION
U.S. agencies put on high state of alert; Ridge says, 'Now is not the time to back off'
WASHINGTON (AP) Announcing a terrorist alert during the holiday season, the Bush administration is urging Americans to be extra vigilant amid an increase in credible threats.
Updated on 12/04/2001 01:20 09:06 AM



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Monday, Dec. 3

A real-world anchor, By Suzanne C. Ryan, Globe Staff, 12/3/2001
Game makers respond to Sept. 11 with minor changes, By Eddie Medina, Globe Correspondent, 12/3/2001
Nyet to nukes for Iran, By The Globe, 12/3/2001
Terrorism in brief, By 0, 12/3/2001
American Taliban fighter captured, By Drew Brown Knight Ridder, 12/3/2001
postwar scenario is cause for concern, By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 12/3/2001
Taliban are 'demonized', By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff, 12/3/2001
Pashtun chief called likely new leader, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, Globe Staff, 12/3/2001
US bombs Kandahar, boosts force, By Patrick Healy and Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 12/3/2001
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Sunday, Dec. 2

Gains slow in global probe of Al Qaeda, By Anthony Shadid and Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, 12/2/2001
Deal nears in Afghan talks, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, 12/2/2001
Daunting tasks await Afghan schools, By Lynda Gorov and Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 12/2/2001
US bombers gone, but bombs remain, By David Filipov, Globe Staff, 12/2/2001
Requests from US strike fear in Arabs, By Tatsha Robertson, Globe Staff, 12/2/2001
Bush remembers US troops at game, By Lawrence L. Knutson, Associated Press, 12/2/2001
Envoy at Afghan reins called patient, tough, By Joe Lauria, Globe Correspondent, 12/2/2001
Opposition advances closer to Kandahar, By Patrick Healy and Glen Johnson, Globe Staff, 12/2/2001
In brief, By Globe Staff and Wires, 12/2/2001
Doctors probe Afghan women's many ills, By Judy Foreman, Globe Correspondent, 12/2/2001
Thousands of Afghans swamp relief agencies in Pakistan, By Zeeshan Haider, Reuters, 12/2/2001
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Saturday, Dec. 1

Defection reunites brothers, By David Filipov, Globe Staff, 12/1/2001
Alliance rift threatens talks, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, 12/1/2001
Taliban must give up leader in any surrender, US says, By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, 12/1/2001
Pakistani backers deflated by Taliban's rapid collapse, By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff, 12/1/2001
Terrorism in brief, By The Globe, 12/1/2001
Leader would limit size of peace force, By Patrick Healy and Lynda Gorov, Globe Staff, 12/1/2001
NYC flag is raised at new US base, By Associated Press, 12/1/2001
Events improving Iran, Pakistan ties, By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 12/1/2001
Refugees in Iran deported, By Associated Press, 12/1/2001
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Friday, Nov. 30

Planning the peace, By 0, 11/30/2001
Taliban escapees resuming battle, By David Filipov, Globe Staff, 11/30/2001
Both sides muster forces for the siege of Kandahar, By Patrick Healy and Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff, 11/30/2001
Alliance gives OK for foreign peacekeepers, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, 11/30/2001
Comromise opens way for tougher UN sanctions on Iraq, By Evelyn Leopold and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, 11/30/2001
Indonesian is held on charge of aiding Sept. 11 hijackers, By Brooke A. Masters Washington Post, 11/30/2001
Orphans lack heat, water, but not hope, By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press, 11/30/2001
Conflict cripples Afghanistan's lucrative drug market, By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 11/30/2001
At US Embassy, Afgan staff endures, By Patrick Healy and Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff, 11/30/2001
Many put their hope in deposed king, By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 11/30/2001
Retreating Taliban foiled plans of eager volunteers, By Anne Barnard, Globe Staff, 11/30/2001
Italian authorities arrest 2 suspected Al Qaeda recruiters, By Piero Valsecchi, Associated Press, 11/30/2001
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Thursday, Nov. 29

From VH1, a story of rock in a hard place, By Steve Morse, Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
Khan awards bridge cultural gap, By Robert Campbell , Globe Correspondent, 11/29/2001
Pakistan set to try again to curb schools run by clerics, By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
Factions draw plan, differ on peacekeepers, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, 11/29/2001
Taliban defectors help US in manhunt, By Bryan Bender, Globe Correspondent and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
Idle combatants now wage battle for US aid drops, By David Filipov, Globe Staff, Globe Correspondent, 11/29/2001
Time for peace is now, US envoy tells Palestinians, Israelis, By Ibrahim Hazboun, Associated Press, 11/29/2001
Deficit warning frames budget debate, By Robert Schlesinger and Sue Kirchhoff, Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
CIA officer Spann was killed 'doing what he wanted to do', By C. Richard Cotton, Globe Correspondent and Tatsha Robertson Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
War gives Laura Bush her own cause, By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
US increases ground force at Afghan base, By Doug Mellgren, Associated Press, 11/29/2001
Former Taliban official new Herat mayor, By Afshin Valinejad, Associated Press, 11/29/2001
In Brief, By Globe Staff and Wires, 11/29/2001
US pressed to probe role in alleged rights violations, By Elizabeth Neuffer, Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
UN technicians attempt to reopen key routes, By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 11/29/2001
Unchecked baggage, By 0, 11/29/2001
We hereby predict some forecasts will be right and others won't, By Steven Syre & Charles Stein, 11/29/2001
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Wednesday, Nov. 28

'Warrior' tells how elite soldiers sink or swim, By Scott Bernard Nelson, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
8th journalist slaying sparks media retreat, By David Filipov and Mark Jurkowitz, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
Afghan parley starts, agrees on king's role, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, 11/28/2001
Prison siege by Taliban is crushed, By Charles M. Sennott and Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
Those who endured Taliban, burka now want to be heard, By Lynda Gorov, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
Casualties may present a challenge, By Tatsha Robertson and Anne E. Kornblut, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
Changes unlikely by deadline, By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Los Angeles Times, 11/28/2001
Hungry, cold, they reach scant shelter of camps, By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
Rebuilding seen as duty of Afghans, By John Donnelly, Globe Staff, 11/28/2001
Afghan rebirth, By 0, 11/28/2001
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Tuesday, Nov. 27

Malden Mills 'optimistic' about funds, By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff, 11/27/2001
Wall Street sees bright sun beyond clouds, By Steven Syre & Charles Stein, Globe Staff, 11/27/2001
It's a special time of season, By Lynn Elber, Associated Press, 11/27/2001
Gas companies are warned of terrorist threat, By Wayne Washington, Globe Staff, 11/27/2001
Bush welcomes 2 freed aid workers, By Sandra Sobieraj, Associated Press, 11/27/2001
Bush hints Iraq may be next target, By Anne E. Kornblut, Globe Staff, 11/27/2001
Success of war hinges on peace, By David. M. Shribman, Globe Staff, 11/27/2001
US weighs how far to go to preempt attackers, By Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff, 11/27/2001
Afghan delegates jockeying for seats at talks, By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent, 11/27/2001
Afghans suspect bin Laden is hiding in huge tunnel fortress, By Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press, 11/27/2001
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Monday, Nov. 26

Conflict brings debuts of information-heavy combat weapons, By Bryan Bender, Globe Correspondent, 11/26/2001
Terrorism in brief, By The Globe, 11/26/2001
Women shedding cloak of Taliban oppression, By Ilana Ozernoy, Globe Correspondent, 11/26/2001
300 killed as US helps quell revolt by alliance's prisoners, By Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff, 11/26/2001
Power-sharing key issue in talks, By Brian Whitmore and Joe Lauria, Globe Correspondents, 11/26/2001
Hundreds of Marines land near Taliban city, By Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff and Bryan Bender Globe Correspondent, 11/26/2001
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Sunday, Nov. 25

Bin Laden's critic's, By 0, 11/25/2001
Minds fail to meet on Bush's economic policy, By Sue Kirchhoff, Globe Staff, 11/25/2001
US bombs targeting Taliban are reported to hit Pakistan, By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 11/25/2001
Pashtuns key to Afghan future, By Anne Barnard and Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 11/25/2001
Kunduz surrender begins, By Charles M. Sennott and Lynda Gorov, Globe Staff, 11/25/2001
In the south, US needs new strategy, By Bryan Bender, Globe Correspondent, 11/25/2001
In brief, By Globe Staff and Wires, 11/25/2001
Residents reclaim schools Taliban used as barracks, By Lois Raimondo Washington Post, 11/25/2001
A tribal kind of war that ends with a hug, By Lynda Gorov, Globe Staff, 11/25/2001
Thousands in Sicily mourn reporter slain in Afghanistan, By Associated Press, 11/25/2001
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Saturday, Nov. 24

Egypt launches crackdown on Islamists, even moderates, By Charles A. Radin, Globe Staff, 11/24/2001
holiday cheer, By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff and Kathy McCabe Globe Correspondent, 11/24/2001
Britain open to a Taliban role, By Anne Barnard, Globe Staff, 11/24/2001
Alliance sets ultimatum on Kunduz, By Susan Milligan a Nd Ellen Barry, Globe Staff, 11/24/2001
The next phase, By The Globe, 11/24/2001
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Friday, Nov. 23

Deal reached on surrender; doubts linger, By Charles M. Sennott and Ellen Barry, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
Turkey urges UN to speed peacekeeper preparations, By Charles A. Radin, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
War compounds economic woes for Pakistanis, By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
US, Pakistan in rift over fighters' fate, By Anne Barnard, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
Recruits' road hits dead end, By Pamela Constable Washington Post, 11/23/2001
Documents detail Al Qaeda training, By Keith B. Richburg Washington Post, 11/23/2001
Reviled in Afghanistan, dog save lives, By Lynda Gorov, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
Spanish probe nets no firm terror link, By Anthony Shadid, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
Suspects take advantage of liberal asylum program, By Cindy Rodríguez, Globe Staff, 11/23/2001
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