New Urgency on Anthrax, Bombs and Blunders, the Ripple Effect.

Offers an overview of news events in the United States as of October 23, 2001. Concerns in Washington, D.C., over the bioterrorism threat following the deaths and infections of postal workers from anthrax; The air strikes in Afghanistan against Taliban front-line troops; How the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have had a worldwide impact, sometimes in unexpected ways.