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The Week in Review
ending October 13
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Afghan woman collects packets of food dropped by U.S. airplanes. Photo © AFP. |
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Trust fund progress questioned
After stalling for a month, the Department of Interior
finally turned in a trust fund status report, the contents
of which painted a bleak portrait of a fix owed
to at least 300,000 American Indians throughout
the country.
According to the report and numerous documents
submitted to a federal court, critical
projects have reached a critical stage and are
in great danger of failing. There are serious
doubts about the quality of information being presented,
the government's top-level trust fund official
warned Secretary Gale Norton.
Added to the mix was an "intimidating" order coming from
Norton's top legal official, said senior managers.
The managers refused at least twice to adhere to Solicitor
Bill Myer's push to have them verify the quality of
information in the status report.
Get the Story:
Trust fund fix
risking 'failure' (10/10)
Memo:
Solicitor's order was 'intimidating' (10/10)
In The Hoop:
Interior Bungling (10/10)
Trust fund
progress testing 'credibility' (10/11)
America attacks Afghanistan
The United States and Great Britain retaliated
against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden with
military strikes in Afghanistan this week,
a month after September 11's deadly
terrorist attacks.
With support from nations throughout the world,
the United States repeatedly hit Taliban
strongholds and bin Laden's terrorist camps
and hideouts in an attempt to bring those
responsible for the tragedies to justice.
Although bin Laden remains elusive, Bush
was proclaiming great success by the end
of the week as numerous targets have
been destroyed.
Get the Story:
Bush: Taliban to
'pay a price' (10/7)
U.S., Britain
launch attack on Afghanistan (10/8)
Second day of
attacks underway (10/8)
Update: Strikes
on Afghanistan (10/9)
Anti-Tailban
campaign cited successful (10/10)
Bush: Flush bin
Laden 'out of his cave' (10/12)
Tribal groups
seek help against Taliban (10/10)
more stories
There's still more to read in the recap
of the top stories.
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