In an audio tape aired Tuesday, Bin Laden reported that Zacarias Moussaoui — the only person convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 attacks — had nothing to do with the operation.
“He had no connection at all with Sept. 11,” he said.
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Oregon legislators and staff members should not be drunk while performing their official duties, a citizen panel says.
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According to a new Zogby poll, less than half of Americans are convinced that that the events of September 11 have been thoroughly investigated.
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A national coalition of community media organizations is organizing a day of action to save public access television and protect net neutrality.
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Court martial proceedings have begun for an Army sergeant accused of using military dogs to threaten detainees at Abu Ghraib. The trial of Sgt. Santos Cardona may expose who within the Pentagon’s chain of command ordered soliders to abuse and torture detainees at the Iraqi prison.
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In Alaska an elephant named Maggie was refusing to use her $100,000 treadmill.
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Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay lured American guards to an ambush with a fake suicide attempt, then attacked them with broken light fixtures, fan blades and pieces of metal, U.S. officials said.
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The new Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, today said Iraqis could be in control of security by the end of the year in all of the country apart from Baghdad and Anbar province.
Mr Maliki, appearing at a news conference with Tony Blair, who is visiting Baghdad, indicated that he expected the Iraqi government to begin taking over control of some of the more peaceful provinces from the multinational forces from next month.
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The government has the legal authority to prosecute journalists for publishing classified information, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday.
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In Afghanistan, more than fifty people were killed in fighting between Taliban members and Afghan and foreign forces in two southern provinces Wednesday.
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On Capitol Hill, the Senate voted Thursday to make English the “national language†of the United States. The measure affirms that that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except those already guaranteed by law. Immigrant-rights activists called the vote a major defeat.
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One in every 136 U.S. residents is now in prison.
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In Afghanistan, a U.S.-led air strike has killed at least 76 people.
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British journalist Patrick Cockburn says Iraq is disintegrating as ethnic cleansing takes hold on a massive scale. On Sunday at least 24 people died including 13 at a Baghdad restaurant that was attacked by a suicide bomber.
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In Iraq, lawmakers have finally formed a new unity government, five months after the December election.
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The Senate has voted to build a 370 mile fence along parts of the Mexico border to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country.
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In Iraq, the London Independent is reporting violence in the town of Basra has worsened to the point where one person is being assassinated every hour.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro said he would offer his resignation if the United States, can prove that he has a huge personal fortune as claimed by Forbes magazine.
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President George W. Bush appeared to acknowledge his government had collected millions of US telephone records in its war on terrorism but insisted the privacy of Americans was not threatened.
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The White House, in an abrupt reversal, will allow the full Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees to review President George W. Bush’s domestic spying program, congressional officials said on Tuesday.
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