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US marks 7th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT

A short test of the 'Tribute in Light' illuminates the sky over the World Trade Center site Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 in New York. The Tribute in Light will be turned on for the evening of Thursday, Sept. 11, in honor of those who lost their lives seven years ago in the terrorist attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day.

At U.N., a bolder approach to terrorism (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki Moon, sits at the podium flanked by victims of terrorist acts committed around the world, a look of Cheshire-cat satisfaction on his face.

Candidates halt campaigns for Sept. 11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:55 AM CDT

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during a town hall meeting in the library of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day.

Bush to mark Sept. 11 with moment of silence (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:34 AM CDT

US President George W. Bush (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 10. Bush has secretly approved orders allowing US forces to conduct ground operations in Pakistan without that government's prior approval, a report said citing senior US officials.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Bush is observing the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Thursday at a time when he's having to dispatch more U.S. troops to fight rising violence in Afghanistan, the launch site for al-Qaida's assault on America.

Obama, McCain Put Politics Aside to Mark Sept. 11 Anniversary (Bloomberg)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT

U.S. presidential nominees Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/FilesBloomberg - Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain will put their presidential ambitions on hold today to make an unprecedented joint appearance at a commemoration marking the seventh anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Chertoff: Aviation still vulnerable to terror (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:38 PM CDT

On the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The nation's top domestic security official said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist attack seven years after 9/11.

Bill Clinton concerned about 9/11 scholarship fund (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:59 PM CDT

AP - Former President Clinton has been in talks with the directors of a huge college scholarship fund for families of Sept. 11 victims to address complaints that the program has given out too little money.

NY mayor lambastes Ground Zero delays (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:49 PM CDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the opening ceremonies of the U.S. Open in August 2008 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Bloomberg on Wednesday lambasted delays in rebuilding at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Stockman)AFP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday lambasted delays in rebuilding at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center.

White House: No 'super powers' to find bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:57 AM CDT

A man wears an Osama Bin Laden mask during a political rally in Caracas in 2006. A police officer has apologised for wearing an Osama bin Laden costume to a village carnival in Cornwall, days before the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks.(AFP/File/Juan Barreto)AP - The White House said Wednesday that the failure to capture Osama bin Laden in the seven years since the Sept. 11 attacks shows the limitations of military and intelligence power.

British prosecutors seek retrial in airline plot (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:49 AM CDT

An airliner making its final approach to London's Heathrow airport. Seven men accused of being part of a cell that allegedly plotted to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach verdicts this week, British prosecutors have said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - British prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking a retrial of seven men accused of plotting to down trans-Atlantic airliners using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.

Pentagon Sept 11 memorial revives painful memories (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 09:50 AM CDT

An undated illustration of the Pentagon Memorial, which features 184 memorial units representing each individual who lost their life during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. The first major permanent U.S. memorial to commemorate the September 11 attacks will be dedicated at the Pentagon on Thursday. (DoD/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - On the morning of September 11, 2001, Patrick Smith was walking toward a television set in a Pentagon office to get news of the attacks on New York's World Trade Center when he heard a loud boom.

Seven years on, Afghanistan again 'war on terror' frontline (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 08:12 AM CDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) while gov of the Afghan central highland province of Bamiyan Habiba Surabi (2-R) speak with US soldiers at a road opening ceremony in Bamiyan in August 2008. 7 years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led AFP - Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led "war on terror" with extremist unrest intensifying and a new focus on Pakistan's tribal areas.

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