1.   A government spokesman denied Wednesday that Mauritanian authorities have arrested four Islamic militants suspected of having links to millionaire fugitive Osama bin Laden.

2.   Attorneys on both sides of the Atlantic worked Wednesday to get former millionaire fugitive Richard Minns released from federal detention in Boston and allowed into Ireland.

3.   Bush on Monday extended sanctions aimed at punishing the ruling Taliban for continuing to harbor suspected terrorist and fugitive Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden.

4.   Mauritania has arrested four Islamic militants suspected of having links to millionaire fugitive Osama bin Laden, security officials in this West African nation said Tuesday.

5.   President Bush extended sanctions Monday aimed at punishing the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan for continuing to harbor terrorist and fugitive Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden.