ONE of the great questions about humanity is the one that wonders why we believe what we believe.

Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in the United States for the 9/11 terror massacre attacks, had nothing to do with the operation, according to an audiotape by Osama bin Laden released on the Internet tonight and monitored in Cairo.

Three al-Qaida suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia this week planned to hijack a plane from the south-western port city of Jeddah, Saudi security officials said today.