Eye on a crisis: Blair on a crusade say papers

Our roundup of newspaper coverage of the terrorism crisis starts in Britain, where the press is full of the speech of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The Mirror, under the headline "I will cure the world", said Blair outlined a "heartfelt" mission for change.

The Guardian, declaring "Let us reorder this world", said Blair had turned his battle against the terrorists into a wider struggle for a new world order.

In the US, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Bush Administration was looking for signs of a split in the Taleban.

"The US objective, officials say, is to weaken or even topple" the regime without firing a shot.

Officials admitted that the CIA had been authorised to offer money and support to Taleban defectors.

The Washington Post reported on a 1999 undercover operation to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.

Pakistan's News said the Taleban's envoy to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, had appealed to the world to help to negotiate a solution to the crisis, saying the Taleban would not surrender bin Laden without proof of his involvement in terrorism.

And a former President of Pakistan, Sardar Farooq Leghari, wanted to become a bridge between the deposed King of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, who now lives in Rome, and the Pakistan Government.

The Times of India said Delhi had told the United States that its patience was wearing thin with Pakistan's support for terrorism in Kashmir.

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