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Bin Laden Letter

The following is a full text of a letter faxed to the al-Jazeera Islamic television news channel. It was signed by Osama bin Laden and read on-air late Sunday evening.

President Bush issues an executive order blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism.

Kwame Holman reports on Attorney General John Ashcroft's congressional testimony aimed at giving the Justice Department greater authority to track and investigate suspected terrorists.

After a background report on President Bush's pledge to dry up Osama bin Laden's economic support, Gwen Ifill talks to Joseph Kahn, international economics correspondent for The New York Times.

Officials from Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said today they cannot find Osama bin Laden, the head of a worldwide extremist network who President Bush says is a "prime suspect" in the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.