The AP reports that Philippino Army troops clashed with Muslim rebels in a southern province of the Philippines Tuesday, killing at least 11 guerillas believed to support a renegade former governor. The fighting in a mountainous area straddling three towns in Sulu, where the military has waged an offensive against Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, wounded at least four soldiers, the officials said. Sulu is about 590 miles south of Manila. Soldiers

Reuters reports: “U.S. authorities are preparing to search for thousands of men in the United States from countries with active al Qaeda cells who have ignored orders to leave the country, a Justice Department official said on Tuesday.” The men are from nations viewed by the United States as harboring active members of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network. Washington has blamed bin Laden and al Qaeda for the Sept.

“The man who has held three key appointments in past administrations — secretary of state, White House chief of staff, and NATO supreme commander – said Monday Syria, not Iraq, should be the next target in the war against terrorism.” In an exclusive interview with United Press International, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., said Syria’s ‘footprints’ are much clearer than Iraq’s. ‘This doesn’t mean that Iraq isn’t a more venal

“A [Kentucky] judge fined two women for contempt of court after they returned to their alleged abusers despite obtaining protective orders against them,” The AP reports. “‘I have found that there has been a number of petitioners who have chosen to come and get an order, and then ignore the order,” Fayette District Judge Megan Lake Thornton said at one of the hearings. “You can’t have it both ways.’” The