US president George Bush said the enemy in Iraq was “far from being defeated”, but vowed not to be rushed into adjusting his strategy.

A leader of the incoming Democratic Congress, business travellers and privacy advocates have expressed outrage over computerised “terror score” assessments.

SUSPECTED terrorists will continue to be held in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Vice-President Dick Cheney says, amid concerns by some fellow Republicans that the situation may be counterproductive.

The man set to become the next US Attorney General vowed to abide by international treaties on prisoner treatment today.

The United States is banning land mines that cannot be located with metal detectors, a move designed to set an example to other nations and to protect mine hunters.

Videos capturing the actions of a US military squad assigned to subdue disobedient prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have emerged as key pieces of evidence as American politicians look into complaints of abuse.

A MAIL distribution centre was evacuated in Tacoma, Washington, and four workers hospitalised, after powder found on a sorting table tested positive for biotoxins, officials said yesterday.

The investigation into the mystery death of a 94-year-old American woman from anthrax was being stepped up today.

Traces of anthrax bacteria have been found in the mailrooms of two more senators.

As lawmakers take a Thanksgiving holiday week break, two of the three Senate office buildings in Washington are set to reopen after being swept for anthrax contamination. The third will remain closed.