An Afghan woman shows the ink on her finger as she votes in the nation's first Parliamentary Election on September 18, 2005, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The election is part of a major step for the country to restore democracy and stability almost four years after the Taliban was ousted.

Paula Bronstein

Getty Images

Published September 19, 2005

Senior Al-Qaida suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi was arrested, Wednesday in Islamabad, Pakistan. Libbi, wanted in two attempts to assassinate President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, was arrested after a fierce gunbattle, Pakistan's government said Wednesday.

Associated Press

Published May 5, 2005

A fireball erupts from one of the towers of the World Trade Center after a second plane hit the complex during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. In the background, smoke billows from the other tower which was struck by another aircraft minutes earlier. The Brooklyn Bridge is in the foreground.

Steve Ludlum

New York Times

Published August 29, 2003

Minneapolis agent Coleen Rowley poses outside her office at the FBI field branch in Minneapolis.

Steve Wewerka

New York Times

Published March 5, 2003

Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., announces that he will not seek re-election later this year, today, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Andrew Laker)

Andrew Laker

Associated Press

Published July 1, 2002

Tom Burnett Jr. -- the Bloomington Jefferson graduate credited with leading a Sept. 11 assault on hijackers aboard United Flight 93 -- will be buried Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Associated Press

Published May 21, 2002

Photo 5: This photo from a Pentagon surveillance camera obtained on Thursday, March 7, 2002, shows the fireball that resulted when the hijacked American Airlines plane slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. The image had been made available to law enforcement to aid in the investigation.

Published March 7, 2002

Photo 4: This photo from a Pentagon surveillance camera obtained on Thursday, March 7, 2002, shows the fireball that resulted when the hijacked American Airlines plane slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. The image had been made available to law enforcement to aid in the investigation.

Published March 7, 2002

Photo 3: --This photo from a Pentagon surveillance camera obtained on Thursday, March 7, 2002, shows the fireball that resulted when the hijacked American Airlines plane slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. The image had been made available to law enforcement to aid in the investigation.

Associated Press

Published March 7, 2002

Photo 2: This photo from a Pentagon surveillance camera obtained on Thursday, March 7, 2002, shows the fire that resulted when the hijacked American Airlines plane slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. The image had been made available to law enforcement to aid in the investigation.

Published March 7, 2002

Photo 1: This photo from a Pentagon surveillance camera obtained on Thursday, March 7, 2002, shows the building before the hijacked American Airlines plane slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. The image had been made available to law enforcement to aid in the investigation.

Associated Press

Published March 7, 2002

In this handout photo from the Department of Defense, Taliban and al-Qaida detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary detention facility on Jan. 11, 2002. The detainees will be given a basic physical exam by a doctor, to include a chest x-ray and blood samples drawn to assess their health, the military said.

Shane T. Mccoy Ho

Associated Press

Published January 19, 2002

An Afghan military official examines a weapon as anti-Taliban fighters line up to give up their guns in a small town of Khoja Khon in Baghlan province of northeastern Afghanistan Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002. Some government officials estimate there may be as many as 1 million guns in the country, as widespread disarming begins in Afghanistan.

Efrem Lukatsky

Associated Press

Published January 12, 2002

Squadron leader Graham O'Connor greets his two-year-old daughter, Melissa, at RAF Brize Norton, England on Friday. O'Connor was one of more than 30 RAF crew who returned with two VC-10 tankers that had been refueling mostly US bombers during their raids on the Taliban and Al-Qaida forces in Afghanistan.

Stefan Rousseau

Associated Press

Published January 11, 2002

A Cuban soldier observes the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba from a guard tower on the Cuban side. This picture was taken shortly before a U.S. military plane carrying detainees from Afghanistan arrived at the U.S. facility.

Jose Goitia

Associated Press

Published January 11, 2002