1.   At a Senate hearing, administration officials say that combating terrorism has grown more difficult because of new technology and growing economic connections between nations.

2.   But combating terrorism should not be an excuse for cloaking U.S. military actions in secrecy, as Pentagon officials tried to do Thursday.

3.   Combating terrorism is vitally important, but it should not threaten long-established rights of privacy, free speech and due process.

4.   First, Powell made clear that combating terrorism remains the centerpiece of the Bush administrations foreign policy.

5.   Promoting rights and democratic values are not out of line with combating terrorism, analysts say, but are essential to prevailing against it.

6.   Some experts also say that NATO will now have to tackle what has been a mainly philosophical debate about what role it should play in combating terrorism.

7.   To put it simply, not all countries share the U.S. stake in combating terrorism, and not all are able or willing to do their share.

8.   Algerian President Liamine Zeroual, whose North African nation is battling Islamic insurgents, urged the world Wednesday to unite in combating terrorism.

9.   At a Senate hearing Tuesday, administration officials told Congress that combating terrorism has grown more difficult because of new technology and growing economic connections between nations.

10.   But he acknowledged that combating terrorism can only go so far.