Developments in the War on Terrorism

House Panel Agrees on INS Breakup

The embattled Immigration and Naturalization Service would be dissolved under a bill approved by a House committee Wednesday and be replaced by two new agencies dividing immigration enforcement and citizenship services.

OPEC Won't Replace Iraqi Shortfall

OPEC has no plans to pump more oil to replace the crude Iraq is withholding from the market, reasoning that the recent spike in oil prices will ease once violence between Israel and the Palestinians abates, the group's top official said Wednesday.

Afghan Officials Announce Arrests for Attack on Peacekeepers

Afghan officials on Wednesday announced arrests in a rocket attack on international peacekeepers and a bombing that targeted the country's defense minister. The arrests came as factional fighting persisted within Afghanistan.