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Describes the terrorist attacks against the United States in which four planes were hijacked, the Pentagon damaged, and the World Trade Center destroyed, on September 11, 2001. Details and chronology of the events; Estimated number of casualties; Response of U.S. President George W. Bush, who called the attacks an act of war and pledged retaliation; Response of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries.

Discusses the Alan Guttmacher Institute report on the factors which force women to have more children than they wish. Decreasing family size due to the urbanization of society and the education of women; Women's lack of access to effective contraceptives or voluntary sterilization services; Need for women to be given more power in the family and in society. INSET: UN conference on women..

States that New York City has adopted regulations that pave the way for long-term detention of tuberculosis patients who do not complete treatment on their own. Details of the new policy; Reaction of civil libertarians, AIDS organizations and patient advocacy groups.