Developments in Aftermath of Attacks
By The Associated Press
Recent developments related to last week's terrorist attacks:
_Authorities say federal grand jury in New York has opened investigation.
_Law enforcement officials say four people arrested as material witnesses. FBI has detained at least 75 people for questioning and is seeking nearly 200 more.
_Hundreds of Islamic clerics gather in Kabul, Afghanistan, to discuss conditions for extraditing suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden to country other than the United States.
_Attorney General John Ashcroft says new rules will allow suspected illegal immigrants to be detained for 48 hours, instead of 24 hours. He says new anti-terrorism task force will have links to every major U.S. city.
_Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says administration preparing sustained offensive against terrorists and countries that support them.
_Wall Street posts modest slump one day after the Dow's biggest one-day point drop in history.
_Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says Bush administration preparing relief package for nation's hard-hit airline industry.
_Boeing Co. announces plans to lay off as many as 30,000 commercial airplane workers by the end of next year as a result of an expected slowdown in orders caused by last week's terrorist attacks.
_Bush signs into law a $40 billion package to rebuild after last week's terrorist attacks. He also puts his signature to the congressional resolution authorizing him to use military force against those responsible.
_President Bush leads nation in moment of silence at 8:48 a.m. EDT Tuesday to mark the beginning of the attacks one week earlier.
_For first time in its 56-year history, United Nations postpones General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders, scheduled to begin next week.