FBI warns of more terrorist attacks on US

The FBI has warned that new terrorist attacks are possible in the United States and against US interests abroad in the coming days.

In a short statement, the FBI again alerted all local law enforcement to be on the highest alert and called on all people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement of any unusual or suspicious activity.

In a separate development, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has rejected a $10m cheque from a Saudi Prince for the Twin Towers Fund.

Explaining his decision a statement from the mayor's office said that the donation was not deposited because of comments made by Prince Al-Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz.

Visiting the site for the WTC earlier today, the Prince condemned the terrorist attacks on the United States but said that the US should re-examine its policies in the Middle East.

Earlier, the US President said that the war on terrorism would be of uncertain duration, but that victory is certain. George W Bush was speaking during a remembrance ceremony outside the Pentagon in Washington. The ceremony marked one month since the terrorist attacks there and on the World Trade Centre in New York.

Meanwhile, work on the World Trade Centre site ground to a halt this morning as hundreds of construction workers, police officers and firefighters remembered the terrorist attack on the building.

More than 5,200 people were killed in the attack that razed the twin towers. A brief silence was observed at 8.48am - the time when the first passenger plane crashed into Tower One on 11 September.

In the month since the attacks, George W Bush's approval rating has risen to about 90%. Meanwhile, the Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, has said that today will be a turning point in the life of the city.

The United States has frozen $24m in assets belonging to the Taliban and the al Qaeda group. President Bush made the announcement at a cabinet meeting.

The US President vowed that they have just begun. "We want the terrorists to know we're after them in all kinds of ways and one good way to make them ineffective is to cut off their money," he said.

Sixty-two countries have now blocked "terrorist" funds, according to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Speaking to reporters, he said that 102 countries have supported the effort.