Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was taken hostage by Islamic extremists, is now believed to be dead, the newspaper said Thursday. Officials based their decision on reports from the U.S. Department of State and Pakistani police officials.
Bush Couldn't Persuade Chinese Officials to Halt Weapons Sales
President Bush failed to persuade Chinese officials on Thursday to halt sales of missile technology, an issue of rising importance as the United States fights its war on terrorism.
Rumsfeld: Raid Did Not Hit Taliban
The 14 Afghans killed by U.S. Army forces in a Jan. 23 commando raid were neither
al-Qaida terrorists nor their Taliban supporters as first believed,
