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9/11 heroes, hijackers and plotters

One week after the city's announcement that 9/11 first responders will not be invited to the 10th anniversary ceremony, firefighters, paramedics, and other volunteers continued to voice their anger, disappointment.

Analysis

US safer 10 years after 9/11, but at what cost?

Ten years after the September 11 attacks of 2001, the US has altered the balance between freedom and security, turning an open and casual society into an ever-vigilant one.

Obama hails post-9/11 resilience

US President Barack Obama honored the legacy of Sept. 11 victims on Sunday by personally tracing the trail of the terrorist attacks, proudly declaring that the decade since has proven "America does not give in to fear."

Global strategy needed to fight terror, experts say

The world urgently needs to establish joint standards to fight terror, experts have said.

Americans mark 10th anniv. of 9/11 attacks

Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of Sept 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful. Special

Background

On the morning of Sept 11, 2001, America fell victim to one of the deadliest attacks in the nation’s history. Nineteen al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers of World Trade Center in New York, and Pentagon in Virginia. One plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to retake the control of the plane.

The attacks, blamed on Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda extremist network, killed nearly 3,000 people. 3,000 Children lost a parent, including more than 100 who were not yet born. For every person killed on September 11, another 73 have been killed since. Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are dead, but Iraq and Afghanistan are far from stable.

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10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

Rally against islamophobia in New York

Mourning for 9/11 victims

'Tribute in Lights' illuminate lower Manhattan

Motorcycle ride kicks off 9/11 memorial observances

Obama salutes '9/11 generation' of US veterans

Obama invokes 9/11 attacks in call for service

No 9/11 hacking probe details revealed to families

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