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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Solemn rituals mark seventh anniversary of 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 01:07 AM CDT

Cazzandra Peterson (C) and her mother Robin leave flowers at Ground Zero in memory of her father and husband William Peterson during the ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2008. REUTERS/Chad Rachman/Pool (UNITED STATES)AP - Familiar rituals of grief marked the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 on Thursday as thousands paid tribute at the attack sites, the presidential candidates laid flowers at ground zero and children mourned parents they can barely remember.

Officials: Bush OK'd US raids inside ally Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:30 PM CDT

A masked Pakistani tribesman patrols the mountain area of Wana, in South Waziristan, Pakistan, in 2007. The White House refused Thursday to comment directly on Pakistani anger at a cross-border raid by Afghanistan-based international forces just days before Pakistan's presidential vote.(AFP/File)AP - President Bush has secretly approved U.S. military raids inside anti-terror ally Pakistan, according to current and former U.S. officials. The high-risk gambit prizes the death or capture of al-Qaida and Taliban extremists over the sensitivities of a shaky U.S.-backed civilian government that does not want to seem like Washington's lapdog.

Pakistan premier backs army chief's rebuke to US (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:22 PM CDT

Pakistani protesters burn U.S. flag and an effigy of U.S. President George Bush to condemn alleged strikes in Pakistani tribal areas along Afghanistan border, Wednesday, Sept 10, 2008 in Multan, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday backed a harsh rebuke of the U.S. by the Muslim nation's military chief, a sign of a strain in relations seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks forged the two countries' anti-terror alliance.

Solemnly, Nation Remembers 9/11 (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:00 PM CDT

Time.com - The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a heartfelt ceremony at ground zero and other solemn remembrances around the country

White House rivals bury hatchet at Ground Zero (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 09:20 PM CDT

Family members of victims pay their respects on the seventh anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center at the site of the former twin towers during a commemoration ceremony in New York. John McCain and Barack Obama declared a truce Thursday in their rancorous White House campaign, joining somber Ground Zero ceremonies on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror strikes.(AFP/Pool/Shannon Stapleton)AFP - White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama made a dramatic show of unity with a visit to Ground Zero on the emotional seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

McCain, Obama discuss views on public service (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 03:24 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the Service Nation Summit at Columbia University in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Republican John McCain declined to disavow Thursday the tough criticism by his campaign of his Democratic opponent's experience as a community organizer, saying politics is "tough business" even as he praised Barack Obama's service.

McCain, Obama put politics aside to mark Sept. 11 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 08:34 PM CDT

Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, are greeted as they arrive the World Trade Center site for a visit on the seventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Chad Rachman/Pool)AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama made ground zero their common ground for one rare day, free of politics and infused with memory. Putting their partisan contest on a respectful hold, they walked together Thursday into the great pit where the World Trade Center towers once stood and, as one, honored the dead from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Woman pleads guilty in 1999 Michigan State arson (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 07:32 PM CDT

AP - A Detroit woman pleaded guilty Thursday to setting a New Year's Eve 1999 fire at Michigan State University, an act of eco-terrorism, and also admitted roles in 12 other incidents.

Bush marks Sept. 11 with moment of silence (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:20 PM CDT

Seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, left, accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney and his Lynne, and White House staff, observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Bush said Thursday that after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, fade from memory, history will look back at America's response and conclude that "we did not tire, we did not falter and we did not fail."

Afghanistan welcomes 'war on terror' shift on 9/11 anniversary (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:02 PM CDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on September 11. Afghanistan has seen progress since the 9/11 attacks that led to the ouster of the Taliban regime, but it has also suffered much AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday welcomed a new US "war on terror" focus on Pakistan's border areas as more deadly violence underscored rampant militancy seven years after the 9/11 attacks.

Reports: Algerian security thwarts planned attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 03:48 PM CDT

AP - Algerian security services have thwarted a possible Sept. 11 terrorist attack in eastern Algeria, a security official and local media reported Thursday, as thousands of army troops and police conducted anti-terror sweeps throughout the North African country.

White House rivals visit Ground Zero (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 03:46 PM CDT

Family members of victims pay their respects on the seventh anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center at the site of the former twin towers during a commemoration ceremony in New York. John McCain and Barack Obama declared a truce Thursday in their rancorous White House campaign, joining somber Ground Zero ceremonies on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror strikes.(AFP/Pool/Shannon Stapleton)AFP - White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama paid homage at Ground Zero together Thursday on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Obama, McCain Put Politics Aside on 9/11 Anniversary (Bloomberg)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 03:41 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain laid flowers at the spot where the World Trade Center towers once stood, in an unprecedented joint appearance to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Deaths make 2008 deadliest for US in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 05:21 PM CDT

US soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has welcomed a new US AP - Insurgents killed two U.S. troops in Afghanistan on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Thursday, making 2008 the deadliest year for American forces since U.S. troops invaded the country in 2001 for sheltering Osama bin Laden.

Biden: 9/11 showed what it means to be an American (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:33 PM CDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., right, listens to Brook Park, Ohio firefighter Jim Astorino, in Parma, Ohio Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Biden met with local police and firefighters in this Cleveland suburb on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was riding a train into Washington and speaking by phone to his wife as the extent of the Sept. 11 attacks became clearer.

Pentagon memorial unveiled as Sept 11 recalled (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:18 AM CDT

Steven Campbell (L) talks to his son Jacob during a commemoration ceremony on the seventh anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, at the site of the former twin towers during in New York, September 11, 2008. Jacob's mother was one of the victims of the attack. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - In a somber ceremony outside the Pentagon, President George W. Bush on Thursday dedicated the first major September 11 memorial on the seventh anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

U.S. policy post 9/11 has increased terrorism: Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:05 AM CDT

Reuters - The "war on terror" declared by U.S. President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks has caused more terrorism than it prevented, Syria's foreign minister said on Thursday.

Statements by McCain and Obama on 9/11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:04 AM CDT

AP - Statements by the presidential candidates on the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks:

Russia to cooperate with U.S. in fighting terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 08:10 AM CDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during city day celebrations in Moscow September 7, 2008. (RIA Novosti/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Russia is ready to continue to cooperate with the United States in fighting terrorism, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

54% Say U.S. Has Changed for the Worse Since 9/11 (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 07:46 AM CDT

Rasmussen Reports - With the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks this week, over half of Americans (54%) still believe the country has changed for the worse since the events of that day, but this marks the first time the number has fallen in over six years.

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