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Morning News


Oct.2   Washington   Fed cuts rates by 0.5%  The Federal Reserve makes 9th cut of year to 2.5%, the lowest level since 1962

  Zimbabwe Court backs Mugabe on land reform  The Supreme Court permits government to continue with the redistribution of white-owned farm land

  Switzerland Swissair grounds all flights  Ailing carrier has run out of cash. Some planes had been impounded since fuel suppliers refused to deliver

  Washington Bush 'endorses' Palestinian state  President has said the creation of a Palestinian state had always been part of the United States' vision

  France Bin Laden named in a plot  Djamel Beghal, 35, French-Algerian , has confessed that he was plotting an attack on the US embassy in Paris

Evening News


  United Kingdom     Blair issues Taliban ultimatum
  Surrender terrorist or surrender power


  Gaza   Israel hits back after raid  2 Israeli teenagers killed in a raid on a Jewish settlement. Israelis have attacked Gaza City with tanks and helicopters

  Austria   9 players refuse to travel to Israel  Players refusing to go to the European Group 7 match because of safety concerns

  USA Airlines to reinforce cockpits  American and United will start reinforcing the cockpit doors on all their planes

  Russia Russia needs no proof  President Putin voiced his strongest support yet for the coalition against terrorism

  Ireland Women face new abortion law  The new referendum is expected to be held in the spring of 2002
San Francisco Bay Area , October 2, 2001 Timeline