US health insurer Anthem has revealed hackers infiltrated its computer network and gained access to the personal information of customers and employees - including CEO Joseph Swedish.

About 80 people are now being monitored for symptoms of Ebola in Texas, health officials said, after a man was diagnosed with the disease in Dallas.

US President George Bush sternly rejected a Taliban offer to discuss handing over terror suspect Osama bin Laden to a third country as US jets began a second week of bombing.