"We have fought the terrorists across the earth -- not for pride, not for power, but because the



"We have fought the terrorists across the earth -- not for pride, not for power, but because the lives of our citizens are at stake. ... We have led, many have joined, and America and the world are safer."
President Bush
Who pledged "a safer world and a more hopeful America" as he accepted his party's nomination Thursday.
"Send them off to a deserted island and shoot them. They're taking children. Like beasts!"
Lydia Drachova, 66
In Russia, on the heavily armed militants who seized a school five days ago and are holding hundreds of pupils, teachers and parents hostage inside the building.