He also mentioned that the United States is staying in Afghanistan until al Qaeda is found.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described special operations forces that are now following the Taliban leaders, and issued a warning to other countries to keep from harboring members of al Qaeda.

The voice recorder from American Airlines Flight 587 has been recovered, but so far has answered only a few of the many questions surrounding Monday's disastrous crash: specifically, that the two engines failed nearly at the same time, and that there were no typical indications of a bomb. The jumbo jet fell in flames into a residential neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., killing all 260 aboard and six to nine people on the ground.

In the face of widely distributed email advertisements for herbal supplements and homeopathic medicines said to be effective against anthrax, several groups representing supplement manufacturers have now issued unprecedented statements advising that their products do not treat or cure anthrax, the Washington Post reports. . . . "We're sensitive to and trying to prevent any rush to market that will be taking advantage of the society's anxiety," said Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association. "We want to make it real clear that we don't want anybody abusing the populace on this particular emotionalized issue." . . . However, the Post reports that after McGuffin's and similar statements from other industry groups were issued, an Internet search "turned up 17 marketers in the United States making claims about the anthrax-fighting abilities of colloidal silver, thyme and other alternative remedies." . . . The Food and Drug Administration has taken no action so far against sellers of alleged anthrax drugs, though no product can legally be described as preventing or curing any disease without formal FDA approval.

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