The World
Hamid Karzai was overwhelmingly elected as head of state by Afghanistan's grand council after the country's former king, Mohamad Zahir Shah, announced that he would not be a candidate for a position of power in the new government.
A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a guard post outside the American consulate in Karichi, Pakistan, killing 11 Pakistanis.
The U.S. indicated it may favor a plan to recognize provisional Palestinian statehood as an interim step toward a mideast peace plan.
Sir Paul McCartney married model Heather Mills at a secluded castle in Ireland with the company of three hundred guests who included fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
Honduras announced the creation of a "truth commision" to investigate the political assassinations of 187 suspected leftists at the height of the Reagan administration's war against communism in Latin America.
Albert Costa beat fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero to win the French Open men's tennis championship.
Rioters ravaged downtown Moscow and at least one man was killed after Russia's 1-0 loss to Japan in the World Cup soccer tournament.
Three American soldiers died during a routine mission in Afghanistan when their MC-130H plane crashed.
The U.S. team advanced to the second round of the World Cup for the first time since 1994.
The Nation
Clinton White House staffers caused around $10,000 in damages in pranks and vandalism on their way out of the White House, the General Accounting Office reported.
Woody Allen received an undisclosed settlement from close friend and producer, Jean Doumanian, thereby ending a nine-day civil suit over profits from his films.
The INS instructed agents to search baggage belonging to Yemeni citizens for possible terrorist tools including night vision goggles and Thermos bottles.
BMG announced its acquisition of Zomba Music group, the record label that controls teen pop sensations such as Britney Spears and 'N Sync.
Laid-off Enron employees will receive additional severance payments of at least $29 million under an agreement between the employees and the former energy giant.
A Florida jury awarded smoker John Lukacs $37.5 million in damages after finding three cigarette makers were responsible for the emergence of oral and bladder cancer in the 76-year-old.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn refused to permit a public funeral Mass for John J. Gotti, legendary New York mafia boss, who died of cancer in a federal prison, at the age of 61.
Two monks were killed and another two were injured when a man opened fire in a Missouri Roman Catholic Abbey and then committed suicide.
Lennox Lewis defended his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Council titles by knocking out Mike Tyson in the eighth round of their much-anticipated bout.
John Ashcroft announced that the government arrested Jose Padilla, an American also known as Abdullah al Muhajir, in an alleged plot to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the United States.
The portion of the Arkansas River closed after a barge crash that resulted in the death of 14 commuters, was reopened to boat traffic after a three-week cleanup effort.
The Los Angeles Lakers won their third NBA championship in a row by sweeping the New Jersey Nets.
Rolling Stone magazine named a new managing editor, Ed Needham, a Briton known for his work with the racy FHM magazine, a move expected to alter the content of the magazine.
A bill for the permanent repeal of the estate tax was rejected by the Senate after Democrats refused to support a measure they called too costly.
New limits will reduce the number of hours that medical residents must work during their training, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education announced.
An American Airlines dispatcher said her supervisor tried to stop her from notifying authorities of the presence of Richard C. Reid, a man charged with trying to blow up a jetliner with explosives in his shoes, on a trans-Atlantic flight.
Astronomers found a planet similar to Jupiter in its distance from a parent star and could point to the existence of an Earth-like planet hospitable to life in the same solar system.
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, to secure their third Stanley Cup in six seasons.
Virginia House Speaker S. Vance Wilkins Jr. resigned his speakership due to charges that he paid $100,000 to settle a sexual harassment case involving a 26-year-old woman.
A federal judge ruled that Zacarias Moussaoui is mentally competent and therefore legally allowed to dismiss his court-appointed attorney and defend himself.
The Region
A federal judge rejected Eric D. Stennett's claim that he had been selectively prosecuted, by the Baltimore Police commisioner and Maryland state's attorney, in federal court rather than a state court because of his previous highly-publicized acquittal in the death of a city police officer.
Baltimore Gas and Electric was sued for $315 million by Latasha McCray, who claimed a 2000 fire in her rowhouse, caused by a fallen candle, could have been prevented if the company had not rejected several requests to restore her electricity.
Dontee D. Stokes was indicted by a Baltimore grand jury on nine criminal counts in the shooting of the Rev. Maurice J. Blackwell, who Stokes said sexually abused him in 1993.
The Methodist Church said it would place the Rev. Rebecca Ann Steen, a transgendered minister, on an involuntary leave of absence while the church reviews an undisclosed complaint filed against her.
Two more wheels fell of another Maryland Transit Administration bus, carrying 16 passengers, marking the 18th such occasion of wheel loss since August.
Allfirst currency trader, John M. Rusnak, pleaded not guilty to seven charges accusing him of losing $691.2 million over five years and attempting to cover it up.
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"From this day forward, no one known to have sexually abused a child will work in the Catholic church in the United States."
Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, after church leaders approved a national policy on disciplining priests who molest children.