Bush unveils homeland security plan
WASHINGTON, July 16 Calling the prevention of terrorist attacks “our most urgent national priority,President Bush on Tuesday unveiled a broad new strategy for homeland security and called on Congress to quickly approve his plan for a massive reorganization of government to confront the threat.

Major powers differ on Arafat's fate

July 16 Just hours after the latest terrorist attack on Israel, the main mediators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict met in New York to coordinate Middle East strategy. But the United States and its partners disagreed publicly on the future of Yasser Arafat and on whether security is a precondition for progress on other aspects of the conflict.