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U.S. believes Omar is in Pakistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan . (AP) -
Afghanistan's interim leader promised yesterday
that fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed
Omar will be tracked down, even as reports said
the one-eyed cleric may have eluded capture and
fled to another province.
Meanwhile, American officials said the highest-
ranking Taliban official in U.S. custody - former
Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam
Zaeef- has been moved to an American warship.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press
reported yesterday that U.S. forces and their
Afghan allies, backed by airstrikes, were carrying
out operations in the Spinghar mountain range of
eastern Afghanistan near Jalalabad, where al-
engin
Nepal fails tc
end conflict
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A brief meel
between the leaders of India and Pakistan faile
resolve a standoff between the nuclear-armed neight
Last night India said it downed a small, unmanned]I
istani spy aircraft.
The private meeting at a regional summit in Nepal was
first between Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf since both c(
tries put their armies on war alert last month.
The continuing tension was apparent last night as
Indian military claimed to have shot down the dr
after it intruded 2.5 miles into Indian air space over
disputed region of Kashmir. Pakistani officials imm
ately denied this, and the state-run news age:
claimed the aircraft was India's own.
Indian defense analyst C. Uday Bhaskar said in New Di
that he did not believe the downing of the aircraft would
Qaida holdouts were suspected to be hiding. It
said 40 were arrested and handed over to the
Americans.
Visiting an orphanage in the Afghan capital of
Kabul, Prime Minister Hamid Karzai told The
Associated Press that Omar, America's most want-
ed man after Osama bin Laden, will be taken into
custody when found.
"We are looking for him, and we will arrest
him," Karzai said.
Omar appeared to have eluded capture in
Baghran, in mountainous central Afghanistan,
where government officials claimed a few days
ago he was surrounded by anti-Taliban forces
negotiating his surrender. Omar's close associate,
Indian arm jeeps carry artillery guns to the frontli
india-Pakistan border in Samba, 30 miles southwe
Jammu, India.
to war, but emotions remained high in Kashmir
Pakistan have fought two of their three war
Himalayan province, which is claimed by both S
nations.
As they left for home after the two-day South As
in Nepal, Vajpayee and Musharraf said neither the
nor televised handshakes had eased tensions along
mile border that divides their countries.
Abdul Wahid, is the tribal chief there.
Reports from some former Taliban soldiers say
Omar and his former intelligence chief, Abdul
Razzak, may be in Zabul province, north of Kan-
dahar.
Meanwhile, two members of the U.S. Senate
Intelligence Committee said yesterday officials
are beginning to believe that bin Laden has fled
Afghanistan, possibly for Pakistan.
Sen: John Edwards, traveling with other sena-
tors in the region, told "Fox News Sunday" that
Uzbekistan's military intelligence service believes
bin Laden has crossed into Pakistan. Uzbekistan,
like Pakistan, borders Afghanistan and has been a
U.S. ally in the military campaign.
Sharon
Arafat for
weapons
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon held Yasser
ne along Arafat personally responsible yester-
est of day for a massive cache of weapons
intercepted in the Red Sea, declaring
the Palestinian Authority president "a
. India and bitter enemy."
*s over the At a news conference in the Red
outh Asian Sea port of Eilat, where the Israelis
put the weapons on show, Sharon
sian summit accused Arafat of attempting to
ir brief chat thrust the region into a wider war.
g the 1,100- He said the arms seizure exposed
"the true face" of the Palestinian
Authority.
Sharon's government, at a Cabinet
meeting earlier in the day, threatened
to take even tougher action against the
Palestinian Authority. Formally declar-
ing it an enemy would open up a cata-
@ 9 , log of potential diplomatic and
military reprisals.
The Palestinian Authority, for its
Library- part yesterday, strongly denied any
ents involvement in- the 50-ton shipment
and offered to cooperate in an inves-
tigation into the weapons' prove-
nance. Palestinian officials accused
Israel of a propaganda trick intended
y jIS to undermine the mission of U.S.
special Middle East envoy Anthony
our!. C. Zinni - who, despite the arms
controversy, is ending a four-day
visit today on a relatively optimistic
a' note.
"After four days of intensive discus-
sions with Israelis and Palestinians, it
is clear that, while serious challenges
remain, there are real opportunities for
progress," State Department
spokesman Richard Boucher said yes-
terday in Washington.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Argentina ends link with U.S. doliar
Argentina's economy minister announced a sharp devaluation of the peso yes-
terday, overriding foreign investors' concerns and ending a decade-long policy
pegging the currency one-to-one with the U.S. dollar.
Outlining what many expect will be a tricky dual exchange rate, Jorge Remes
Lenicov said 1.4 pesos would now buy $1 for import, export and other capital
transactions, while individual Argentines would have to buy hard currency on
the open market.
That free-market rate will be determined after a two-day banking holiday that
starts today to allow for the transition from the old currency regime.
The announcement came hours after lawmakers granted President Eduardo
Duhalde emergency powers to rebuild Argentina's economy, ravaged by nearly
four years of recession.
Once seen as an inflation-slaying panacea for emerging markets, the dollar
peg, in place since 1991, has recently been blamed for dragging Argentina deep-
er into the slump by making its goods too expensive to compete abroad or to
fend off imports at home.
"This is a change of course," Remes Lenicov told a news conference. "The
old way wasn't going anywhere."
WASHINGTON
Dems blame Bush tax cut for economic woes
Democrats and Republicans pointed fingers at each other yesterday in a
debate over the economy, in what amounted to a game plan for each side's elec-
tion-year strategy. Democrats blamed last year's tax cut for vanishing budget
surpluses, while Republicans said anyone who criticizes a tax cut must want to
raise taxes instead.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spelled out most candidly the dilemma of law-
makers facing new budget deficits and re-election at the same time: Taking
back or delaying some of President Bush's 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax cut is not
"politically salable," McCain said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Administration officials defended the tax cut, a centerpiece of Bush's first
year in office.
"The way to stimulate this economy is to give this economy tax relief," Com-
merce Secretary Don Evans said yesterday on ABC's "This Week."
Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, along with indepen-
dent analysts, note the tax cut helps explain why the federal government is now
facing a budget deficit after several years of mounting surpluses.
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UNITED STATES
Report: College too
costly in 45 states
A new study being released today on
the skyrocketing cost of higher educa-
tion says only five states have four-year
public colleges that low-income stu-
dents can afford without financial aid.
In a third of all states, low-income
students need loans even to attend
some two-year community colleges,
the study found.
The findings of the year-old Lumina
Foundation for Education have
sparked sharp criticism from higher
education groups.
The foundation rated nearly 3,000
colleges and universities, and said that
while at least half the public four-year
schools in 40 states are financially
manageable for median-income stu-
dents, those students often need loans.
Only Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii,
Kentucky and Wyoming offer four-
year public colleges that are affordable
to low-income people, it said.
WASHINGTON
Anti-terrorism costs
exceed $60 billion
Congress has provided more than
$60 billion since September to com-
bat terrorism at home and abroad
and to rebuild from the attacks on
New York and Washington. That's
roughly five times what the nation
spent to fight terrorism in the previ-
ous year.
Some costs are one-time expenses
or will diminish in coming years -
like helping communities recover from
the Sept. 11 devastation, but other
anti-terrorism programs are sure to
grow.
When he sends Congress his $2
trillion budget for fiscal 2003 next
month, President Bush is expected
to propose billions more for the
military's $345 billion wartime bud-
get for the rest of this year, plus a
hefty increase for next year for gov-
ernment-wide anti-terrorism efforts.
Fiscal 2003 begins Oct. 1.
SAN FRANCISCO
Search continues
for Oregon killer
A stolen vehicle linked to a man
whose wife and three young children
were slain in Oregon was found yester-
day at San Francisco International Air-
port, the FBI said.
Christian Longo, 27, is accused of
killing his wife and children and dump-
ing their bodies into two Pacific Coast
inlets near the towns of Newport and
Waldport, Ore. The family had moved
to the Newport area from Ypsilanti
about three months earlier, police said.
A warrant for his arrest was issued
Dec. 28, and he is the subject of a
nationwide manhunt. Police have not
revealed a possible motive for the
killings. But they say Longo, who
owned a construction cleaning company
in Michigan, had faced a multitude of
legal and financial problems.
Police believe Longo may have been
using the vehicle as a base, driving
another car to and from the airport.
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