Karzai said recent videos showing bin Laden demonstrated that he was still alive. "Everyone can see those videos," he said
Two suicide attacks killed two international peacekeepers from Britain and Canada in the capital Kabul in the past week.

"Our biggest problem with this was the late notification. If the NFL had made this decision, why didn't they give us 30 days notice?" Krohn said. "We wouldn't have scheduled the event. We wouldn't have spent the money."

British Airways and Air France said on Saturday they had canceled seven flights to and from the United States amid fears of a possible September 11-style attack.
mred - curiously, no vegas planes were cancelled - wasnt there also some concern about vegas at xmas? also there were these parties cancelled - could it be that 'osama' is planning a vegas attack during the futbol?

"There are a handful of flights we are concerned about and British Airways has canceled about half of them," the official said on condition of anonymity.
"We canceled these flights on advice from the UK government for security reasons," a spokeswoman for the airline said, without giving details.

Leith and her 17-year-old sister downloaded 960 songs over a three-year period using the popular Kazaa program. But the free music binge got Leith ensnared in the legal dragnet cast by the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) in September.
mred - i thought there were no political ads

Fred Smith, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the new figures hurt the administration's credibility. "Every pressure tactic known to mankind was used to get it through the House at $400 billion. At another $150 billion, it wouldn't have gotten through," Smith said.
"The president is always very clear with the American people in the decisions that we are making and very upfront with them about the information that we have," McClellan told reporters.
But administration officials, budget analysts, lobbyists, political conservatives and congressional sources said the administration, if not the president, had long known of the discrepancy.