Defiant Iraqis Vote Yes to Saddam in Festive Mood
Amid vows to defend President Saddam Hussein to the death, Iraqis cast ballots in a nationwide presidential referendum on Tuesday certain to be declared a landslide victory.
( BY NADIM LADKI, Reuters, 10/15/2002 05:17 AM EDT)

Bomb Alert at American Embassy in Paris
French police cordoned off the U.S. embassy in central Paris on Tuesday and sent in a team of bomb-disposal experts after a bomb alert, a spokesman said.
( Reuters, 10/15/2002 04:49 AM EDT)

Police Probe New Virginia Killing for Sniper Link
A woman was shot and killed as she and her husband were loading packages at a shopping mall outside Washington and police were investigating on Tuesday whether it was the latest strike by a sniper who has killed eight people over the past two weeks.
( BY RICHARD COWAN, Reuters, 10/15/2002 04:09 AM EDT)

Japan Abductees Home from N.Korea to Smiles, Tears
Tears mingled with smiles and hugs on Tuesday when five Japanese abducted by North Korea set foot on home soil for the first time after nearly a quarter of a century in the secretive communist state.
( BY LINDA SIEG, Reuters, 10/15/2002 04:01 AM EDT)

U.S. Shoots Down Missile Over Pacific
The U.S. military said on Monday it successfully shot down a dummy warhead high over the Pacific with an interceptor missile in the seventh test of its planned shield against ballistic missiles.
( Reuters, 10/15/2002 03:37 AM EDT)

FBI Helps Hunt for Clues in Bali Blast Wreckage
Investigators from the United States and Australia hunted for clues on Tuesday as to who carried out bomb explosions in Bali that Indonesia and President Bush have linked to al Qaeda.
( BY DEAN YATES AND JOANNE COLLINS, Reuters, 10/15/2002 03:09 AM EDT)