A suicide bomber killed at least 15 and wounded more than 40 after detonating a bomb on a bus in Haifa. (Ha'aretz)

President Bush proposed a plan to allow Medicare beneficiaries to qualify for prescription drug benefits by switching out of Medicare and into subsidized private insurance plans. (NYT)

Officials at the U.S. Department of Defense told the L.A. Times that the department would create its own network of military spies operating outside the United States. The spies would collaborate with CIA agents, but focus on intelligence for possible military operations. (LAT)

The U.S. said it would send 24 long-range bombers to Guam. Officials said the move was non-aggressive, and intended to deter North Korea from any aggressive acts during a possible war between the U.S. and Iraq. (Reuters)

An explosion in a waiting area in Davao City airport, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, killed 19 and injured more than 100. Philippines officials said several arrests had been made, but it was not yet known who was responsible for the attack. Rebel groups in the Philippines have carried out several attacks in recent months. (BBC)

Four North Korean MIG fighter jets intercepted a U.S. spy plane in international airspace off the Korean coast. The jets disengaged when the U.S. plane aborted its mission and returned to its air base in Japan. (NYT)

Turkey's main stock market fell by over 11 percent, and the Turkish lira dropped almost 5 percent, on the first day of trading after the Turkish government rejected a U.S. offer of $15 billion in cash and loans for the use of Turkey's military bases in a possible war against Iraq. Turkey has a domestic debt of over $90 billion and is recovering from a recession. (CNN)

The Israeli army raided a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, capturing Sheikh Mohammed Taha, a founding member of the militant group Hamas. Eight Palestinians were reported to have been killed in the raid. (BBC)

Iraq met a Saturday deadline set by U.N. weapons inspectors to begin destroying its Al Samoud 2 missiles, crushing four of them with a bulldozer. (WaPost, NYT) It destroyed another six missiles on Sunday. (Reuters)

The Turkish parliament voted down a measure that would have allowed U.S. troops to use Turkish military bases for a possible attack on Iraq. (NYT, WaPost)

Pakistani intelligence agents captured Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the senior al Qaeda member suspected of having organized the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mohammed was turned over to U.S. authorities. (NYT, WaPost)