Major News Items in Leading U.S. Newspapers

The following are major news items in leading U.S. newspapersMonday.

The Washington Post:

The failure of U.S. banks and regulators to track transactionswith foreign banks enables criminals to route billions of dollarsfrom drug sales, Internet gambling, tax evasion or other illegalactivities into the United States each year, a new Senatesubcommittee report concludes.

The New York Times:

Worried that American attention is shifting south to Mexico,Canada's prime minister, Jean Chretien, visits the White House onMonday, capping a campaign of diplomatic elbowing to become thefirst foreign leader to meet President Bush.

Despite deep-seated hopes that the missile defense issue wouldjust go away, European officials now seem to grudgingly accept thefact that the new American team is determined to move ahead.