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Islamic extremists assaulted Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Margaret Warner discusses the motivation for the attack with New York Times correspondent Greg Myre in Jerusalem.

A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. government does not have the authority to detain accused American "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla as an enemy combatant, ordering the Department of Defense to release the Chicago native within 30 days.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that John Hinckley, the man who shot former President Reagan, will be allowed to leave his mental institution on visits supervised only by his parents. Ray Suarez follows up in a conversation with former U.S.