"A few determined people can hijack the engine of a global religion and, by their actions, involve millions." Independent, UK.

Collection of stories: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation condemns attack on US; Armenia voices condolences, support to terror-stricken US; Western Prelacy condemns attack. Armenia.

From Tashkent. "'Uzbekistan is ready to discuss any form of cooperation in the struggle against international terrorism in our region, including the deployment of U.S. forces,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Bakhodyr Umarov said...The comments by Kamilov and Umarov represented the only standing offer from a former Soviet republic to help the United States in launching military strikes against Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks." Azerbaijan.

"Much of the real action in the quest to disable and punish Osama bin Laden and his associates will not be of a military nature at all. It will be political, diplomatic and criminal, involving the police, customs officials, immigration services, and non-military intelligence services, as well as financial institutions and judicial authorities. Any military forces that matter will probably move in secret." Independent, UK.

German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul pledged $280 million for Germany at a conference in Tokyo. In addition to commitments from individual European states, the European Commission pledged $177 million in 2002, and over $880 million over the next five years. The US wants initially to provide $296 million. Germany.

Stories and videos.

"Mindful of a traumatised world audience, advertisers on Wednesday began to pull commercials and television networks and movie studios started to rethink their schedule of new releases." UK.

Interview with Hamza Yusuf, an Islamic scholar and US advisor, about the terrorist attacks, suicide, killing innocents, and the Muslim responses.

Stephen Moss. Interview with Mohamed Heikal, the Arab world's foremost political commentator and the former foreign minister of Egypt. "'The most important thing is to get religion out,' he says. "You are talking to me about a Muslim state, yet you are not discussing a Jewish state - a state built on religion. That cannot be. Religion can be no basis for a state.'" UK.

Peter Preston. "A wise west would care for Pakistan as more than a series of air bases set on the edge of the Hindu Kush. A wise west would wonder not just what Pakistan could do for it in the pursuit of prime suspects, but what it now, at a moment of test, could do for Pakistan." UK.

Seumas Milne. "Americans cannot ignore what their government does abroad." UK.

By Arthur Schlesinger: "Our leaders gambled that the unpopularity of the regime would enable bombing to bring about the Taliban's rapid collapse."

"Fresh evidence from Chicago of concerted selling of shares in airlines and insurance companies before last week's terrorist attacks has fuelled suspicion that accomplices of the hijackers have profited from the atrocity." UK.

David Aaronovitch. "One wonders if he has absorbed the principal lessons of the past 12 years, which are that the world is interdependent in a way thought unimaginable, and that the consequences of inaction are often worse than the results of intervention." UK.

By Peter Popham in Islamabad. Lt-Gen Mahmood Ahmed Shah, chief of Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), was replaced by Lt-Gen Ehsanul Haq. Lt-Gen Muhammad Aziz Khan, vice-chief of army staff, was replaced by Lt-Gen Muhammad Yousuf. UK.

By Patrick Cockburn in Panjshir valley, Afghanistan. "The anti-aircraft guns and radar systems of the Taliban were largely destroyed during the first night of the US and British air assault, according to spies working for the Afghan opposition forces." UK.

By Asem Mustafa Awan, a reporter for 'The Nation' newspaper, based in Islamabad. UK.

Arkady Dubnov in Moscow. About bin Laden, the Taleban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK.

Anthony Borden and Saule Mukhametrakhimova in Tashkent. "In exchange for joining Bush's 'anti-terrorist alliance', Uzbekistan - long blacklisted for its deplorable human rights record - would seek recognition of and any assistance in addressing its own terrorist problem." Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK.

Galima Bukharbaeva in Tashkent and Sultan Jumagulov in Bishkek. "In the aftermath of the American hijacking tragedy, Central Asian states have expressed backing for Washington's efforts to find the perpetrators. But it remains to be seen how much practical support they will be able to provide." Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

Anthony Borden in London. "Using the Balkan experience as a guide, the United States could best honour its victims by committing itself to an international criminal court." Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

"The United Nations - and the international community - must have the courage to recognise that just as there are common aims, there are common enemies." Independent, UK.

Fred Halliday. The impact on and by Iran. The author is professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and his new book is Two Hours that Shook the World: Causes and Consequences.

Chris Stephen in Dasti Kala and Kamal Ahmed. "Alliance commanders say there is now a real possibility that the entire northern half of Afghanistan will switch away from the Taliban, as defections trigger a domino effect." UK.

"In deciding what action to take we need to know both our opponent's weaknesses and our own." Independent, UK.

Thoughts and reactions in the Muslim community in Bolton, UK. Independent, UK.

"From a speech given by the President of Pakistan at a news conference in Islamabad." Independent, UK.

RN Foreign Editors Ellen van Dalen and Johan Huizinga. Links to related stories. Netherlands.

"Hamid Karzai, the man leading the interim Afghan government, has promised to hand over Arab guerrillas caught in his country to face international justice." UK.

Mick Hume. "As the dust clears over the scenes of carnage, it is worth asking what these events and the reaction to them can tell us about the world we live in now." UK.

A statement from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). UK.

Simon Jenkins. "Whenever Americans start bombing, Britons dive under a blanket of Churchillian waffle." UK.