Excellent and pithy summation, Vel. :)
National:
[THE WASHINGTON TIMES] USA - CIA backs away from Al Qaeda tip
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041019-103107-5967r.htm
[AP] USA - Cheney: Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041019/D85QOUF80.html
[WJZ] MARYLAND - Suspicious Package At Baltimore Subway Station
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_293183543.html
[NBC4 Columbus.com] OHIO - Suspicious Package Closes Downtown Corner [False alarm]
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/3831918/detail.html
[Wheeling News Register] WEST VIRGINIA - Bomb Scare Investigation Continuing
http://www.news-register.net/news/story/1020202004_new03.asp
[WKYT] KENTUCKY - Bomb Threat Forced Several People to Evacuate From Their Building
", male who reportedly called Columbian Chemicals Co. on Monday and issued a threat of explosives there ,"
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2452629
[New Jersey Journal] NEW JERSEY - Bomb threat shuts area near Square
"bomb threat was called in to the state office building at Summit and Sip avenues yesterday morning and police took it seriously because the building holds a county parole office and because it is above the tracks that carry PATH trains"
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-3/109817705474910.xml
[The Casper Star Tribune] USA - Food safety part of homeland security
[AP] ILLINOIS - Six Charged With Supplying Immigrants With Fake Identification Documents
"Six men of Middle Eastern descent were charged with helping illegal immigrants obtain fraudulent identification cards"
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBDAFEVJ0E.html
[AP] NORTH CAROLINA - FBI investigating punctures found in U-S Airways jets in North Carolina
http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=2455834
[News-Herald.com] OHIO - Powder causes scare at Perry Post Office [ False alarm ]
http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13189342&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6
[AP] NEW YORK - Substance found in Fort Drum office determined non-hazardous
[WorldNetDaily.com] USA - Clinton covered up 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombings
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40990
[SEATTLE TIMES] WASHINGTON - Details about Seattle school found in Iraq
"A few Seattle School District employees had known about the disk since Oct. 8, when the Seattle Police Department contacted the district but asked it not to divulge the information"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2002068764_center21m.html
[Westford Eagle] MASS - Anti-Patriot Act resolution by Library wins approval
http://www2.townonline.com/westford/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=108398
[Cibola County Beacon] NEW MEXICO - The PATRIOT Act explained: part IV
http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2004/10/20/news/news5.txt
[AP] USA / HONDURAS - Honduran official says al-Qaida recruiting
"a U.S. Homeland Security Department nightmare, and Honduras' most outspoken Cabinet member says it's happening: Al-Qaida operatives recruiting Central American gang members to carry out regional attacks and slip terrorists into the United States"
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Latin%20Gangs%20Terror
[Chicago Daily Herald] ILLINOIS - Mysterious illness hits kids Wauconda school evacuated
"Nine students and three staff members from Transfiguration Parish School in Wauconda were taken to three hospitals after feeling nauseated and dizzy "
http://www.dailyherald.com/mchenry/main_story.asp?intID=38281146
[El Paso Times] TEXAS - Man indicted in trying to bomb Islamic center
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20041021-183861.shtml
[580 CFRA Radio] USA / CANADA - Terrorist May Eye Canada for Attack on US: Cellucci
http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=20872
[ChronWatch] USA - A Terrorist's Open Letter to America [ Political satire/ biased ]
http://www.chronwatch.com/site.asp?id=10535&catcode=13
[NATIONAL REVIEW] USA - HusseinandTerror.com - Introducing a new Resource [ Editors Note: Thanks to Blacknet for forwarding this to us ]
"Americans who still believe Saddam Hussein had no ties to terrorists in general or al Qaeda in particular should visit husseinandterror.com
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200410200855.asp
[CNN] FLORIDA - Radioactive material found in clinic chief's chair
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/21/nuke.materials/
[AP] USA - Officials wary of Election Day terrorism
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/2859671
International:
[Manila Times] PHILIPPINES - 3 held in plot to bomb US Embassy
"Three Muslim Filipinos acting on orders of the Jemaah Islamiah terror network have confessed to plotting a bomb attack on the US Embassy in Manila"
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/oct/22/yehey/top_stories/20041022top6.html
[AP] PAKISTAN - Pakistan Army Commander Says Bin Laden Unlikely Hiding in Border Region
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBVNZK3J0E.html
[London Times ] SPAIN / GERMANY - Bin Laden bought ship for terror
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1313688,00.html
[Xinhuanet] COLOMBIA - Bomb explosion at govt building injures six in Colombia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/20/content_2114241.htm
[Team India] INDIA - Bomb goes off in steel factory, 6 more explosives found
http://www.teamindia.net/index.php?action=fullnews&id=30593
[Port Augusta Transcontinental] AUSTRALIA - Police discover bomb [ in Car ]
[Illawarra Mercury] AUSTRALIA - Bomb blast rocks hotel
"home-made bomb was thrown at the entrance of a packed hotel"
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/articles/2004/10/20/1097951726851.html
[The Daily Star] BANGLADESH - Bomb threat to GMG flight triggers panic
http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/10/20/d41020011414.htm
[The Daily Star] BANGLADESH - 1 killed in bomb blast, another beaten dead in Kushtia
"two bombs blasted in front of a ruling BNP lawmaker's house "
http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/10/20/d41020012219.htm
[TNA] THAILAND - Cell phone activated bomb found in the South
"If the bomb had exploded, several people, including Buddhists monks, would certainly have been injured"
http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=31975
[Stuff.co.nz] NEW ZEALAND - Aria Farms says hackers' product recall message was 'sabotage' [ CyberTerror? ]
"Computer hackers have emailed 3000 of the company's customers, saying a company product lamb chips are being recalled due to an infectious agent"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3070607a13,00.html
[ABC News] LEBANON - Lebanese PM Resigns, Dissolves Cabinet
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=182273
[UPI] ISRAEL - Sharon assassination plot rumored
[Xinhuanet] SCOTLAND - Serviceman's body found after security alert at air base in Scotland
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/21/content_2118712.htm
[AFP] ANGOLA - Angola on alert for al-Qaeda elements
"an attempt by elements linked to al-Qaeda to come into Angola, especially through Moslem NGOs".
http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/361616.htm
[Manchester Evening News] UNITED KINGDOM - Bank sealed off in 'poison' alert [ Suspicious powder ]
"Reports suggested the alert was linked to a series of attacks with a white powder being sent to banks across the area"
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/134/134381_bank_sealed_off_in_poison_alert.html
[Korea Times] SOUTH KOREA - Roh Vows Not to Give In to Terror Threats
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200410/kt2004102117055811990.htm
[Joongang Ilbo] SOUTH KOREA - Tight airport security after terrorist threat
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200410/21/200410212245034809900090409041.html
[IsraelNN.com] ISRAEL - One Suicide Bomber Captured - Search For Second Bomber Called Off
http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=70746
[ABC Online] AFGHANISTAN - Bomb wounds three US soldiers, Afghan
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1225328.htm
[World News] PAKISTAN - Pak nabs two Qaeda men in Lahore, Peshawar
http://athens-olympics-2004.newkerala.com/?action=fullnews&id=38019
[PTI] MALAYSIAN - French terrorist with al Qaeda links visited Malaysia 6 times: report
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/35D23C7DCEEC795665256F340018494D?OpenDocument
[Gulf Daily News] EUROPE - Al Qaeda threat is growing in Europe
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=94510&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27214
[Forward] ISRAEL - Al Qaeda Threat Rises on Israel's Borders
http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=perelman200410201117
[Khaleej Times] AFGHANISTAN - US chopper crashes in west Afghanistan, two airmen injured
[Khaleej Times] ISRAEL - Israeli army dynamites homes of Islamic Jihad militants
[Channel News Asia] ERITREA / SUDAN - Eritrea dismantles 'terrorist network' backed by Sudan: official
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/112657/1/.html
[Interfax] RUSSIA - Over 100 militants detained, about 100 surrender in Chechnya in 2004
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10713457
[The Courier Mail] LAOS - US warns of ASEAN bomb attacks
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,11150726%255E1702,00.html
[AP] AFGHANISTAN - Taliban rift reported after Afghan vote
"Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has fallen out with some of his lieutenants, who blame him for the rebels' failure to disrupt the landmark Afghan presidential election"
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041020/w102072.html
[Xinhua] ISRAEL - Senior Hamas leader assassinated
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/22/content_2124039.htm
[UP] INDIA - Mysterious disease grips western UP village
"At least 11 children have died and dozens taken seriously ill due to a fast-spreading encephalitis (or brain fever) epidemic"
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=38145
[AP] IRAN - Showdown likely soon between Iran and UN nuke watchdogs
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-10-21-iran-nukes_x.htm
[Pravda] RUSSIA - Rich guests of Moscow hotels robbed by Chechen criminal group
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/383/14478_hotel.html
[AP] IRAQ / SAUDI ARABIA - U.S. official: Insurgents infiltrate Iraqi security forces, flush with Saudi money
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/295/wash/U_S_official_Insurgents_infilt:.shtml
Heh, heh. Thanks.