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9/11 Survivors At Risk Of Long-Term Health Problems
The study analysed 8,701 survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Centre to find out the association between dust exposure and long term risks of heart attack and lung problems
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World's Costliest Train Station Opens Today At Site Of 9/11 Attacks
The most expensive train station in the world opens today at the site of the World Trade Center destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks.
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Barack Obama Leads US in Moment of Silence on 9/11
US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on Friday stood on the White House lawn to observe a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Victims' Relatives Gather 14 Years After 9/11 Attacks on US
An overcast today greeted relatives who gathered to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants brought death, mayhem and destruction.
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One World Trade Center Fills Hole in Manhattan Skyline
The jewel of the New York skyline, the pride of a whole nation, is back.
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9/11 mastermind set to face US military court
Nine years after his arrest in Pakistan, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed could soon be back in court for the much-awaited "trial of the century."
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World Trade Center design flaw could cost millions
The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tower. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesday that the loading dock under One World Trade Center won't be finished in time for tenants to move their equipment into the 104-story tower. So it's b...
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9/11 memories: What we kept
After the roar, after the first ground-trembling collapse sent clouds of pulverized matter billowing through Lower Manhattan, a man paused from his hurried retreat to take in a world now coated with the dust of uncertain gray. For reasons he still cannot explain, he bent down, scooped some of this grayness into an envelope - and kept on moving.
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New Ground Zero rises from rubble of 9/11
A decade after the Twin Towers were razed to the ground in the 9/11 attacks, an altered Ground Zero will be unveiled to the public, with waterfalls, reflecting pools and hundreds of trees at the site honouring the memory of the nearly 3000 victims of the terror strike.
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Condé Nast will be anchor of 1 World Trade Center
Condé Nast Publications, whose stable of magazines chronicles the American zeitgeist as meticulously as any anthropologist, has reached an agreement to lease one million square feet at 1 World Trade Center, giving ground zero a much-needed corporate anchor with a proven ability to attract other businesses.The company signaled its interest in movin...
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US adds security at airports, World Trade Centre site
Some local law enforcement agencies in the US are adding security measures following Osama bin Laden's death, out of what one called "an abundance of caution."In Los Angeles, police say they're stepping up intelligence monitoring, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it will add more police Monday at airports, bridges and the Worl...
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Imam to tour US to garner support for Ground Zero mosque
The preacher who hoped to use his unsought fame as imam of the mosque near ground zero to start a dialogue about Muslims in America said he's taking a reduced role in the project so he can travel the country building "understanding among all people of faith."Feisal Abdul Rauf, who co-led the effort to build an Islamic community center near the Worl...
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Over 95 per cent of 9/11 workers approve settlement
After a wrenching seven-year battle, more than 10,000 workers who sued New York City over health damages they claimed after the 9/11 recovery efforts have approved a settlement, clearing the way for payouts totaling at least $625 million, lawyers said Friday. Their responses, delivered to a federal judge in Manhattan, ended months of wrangling over...
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Ground Zero mosque developer says life under threat
One of the developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, that has evoked extreme reactions from New Yorkers, has said that her life and that of the project's spearhead Imam Rauf is under threat."For the record, my life is under threat," said Daisy Khan, the co-developer and wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is spearheading the controversial...
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US celebrates Eid under the shadow of 9/11
Nine years ago a deadly act of terrorism, brought the world's most powerful country to its knees. In the weeks and months that followed, many Muslim Americans found themselves on the defensive-having to prove to their non-Muslim neighbours and friends, that Islam was a peaceful religion and that they did not subscribe, at any level, to the ideology...
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9/11 Survivors At Risk Of Long-Term Health Problems
The study analysed 8,701 survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Centre to find out the association between dust exposure and long term risks of heart attack and lung problems
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World's Costliest Train Station Opens Today At Site Of 9/11 Attacks
The most expensive train station in the world opens today at the site of the World Trade Center destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks.
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Barack Obama Leads US in Moment of Silence on 9/11
US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on Friday stood on the White House lawn to observe a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Victims' Relatives Gather 14 Years After 9/11 Attacks on US
An overcast today greeted relatives who gathered to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants brought death, mayhem and destruction.
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One World Trade Center Fills Hole in Manhattan Skyline
The jewel of the New York skyline, the pride of a whole nation, is back.
-
9/11 mastermind set to face US military court
Nine years after his arrest in Pakistan, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed could soon be back in court for the much-awaited "trial of the century."
-
World Trade Center design flaw could cost millions
The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tower. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesday that the loading dock under One World Trade Center won't be finished in time for tenants to move their equipment into the 104-story tower. So it's b...
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9/11 memories: What we kept
After the roar, after the first ground-trembling collapse sent clouds of pulverized matter billowing through Lower Manhattan, a man paused from his hurried retreat to take in a world now coated with the dust of uncertain gray. For reasons he still cannot explain, he bent down, scooped some of this grayness into an envelope - and kept on moving.
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New Ground Zero rises from rubble of 9/11
A decade after the Twin Towers were razed to the ground in the 9/11 attacks, an altered Ground Zero will be unveiled to the public, with waterfalls, reflecting pools and hundreds of trees at the site honouring the memory of the nearly 3000 victims of the terror strike.
-
Condé Nast will be anchor of 1 World Trade Center
Condé Nast Publications, whose stable of magazines chronicles the American zeitgeist as meticulously as any anthropologist, has reached an agreement to lease one million square feet at 1 World Trade Center, giving ground zero a much-needed corporate anchor with a proven ability to attract other businesses.The company signaled its interest in movin...
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US adds security at airports, World Trade Centre site
Some local law enforcement agencies in the US are adding security measures following Osama bin Laden's death, out of what one called "an abundance of caution."In Los Angeles, police say they're stepping up intelligence monitoring, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it will add more police Monday at airports, bridges and the Worl...
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Imam to tour US to garner support for Ground Zero mosque
The preacher who hoped to use his unsought fame as imam of the mosque near ground zero to start a dialogue about Muslims in America said he's taking a reduced role in the project so he can travel the country building "understanding among all people of faith."Feisal Abdul Rauf, who co-led the effort to build an Islamic community center near the Worl...
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Over 95 per cent of 9/11 workers approve settlement
After a wrenching seven-year battle, more than 10,000 workers who sued New York City over health damages they claimed after the 9/11 recovery efforts have approved a settlement, clearing the way for payouts totaling at least $625 million, lawyers said Friday. Their responses, delivered to a federal judge in Manhattan, ended months of wrangling over...
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Ground Zero mosque developer says life under threat
One of the developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, that has evoked extreme reactions from New Yorkers, has said that her life and that of the project's spearhead Imam Rauf is under threat."For the record, my life is under threat," said Daisy Khan, the co-developer and wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is spearheading the controversial...
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US celebrates Eid under the shadow of 9/11
Nine years ago a deadly act of terrorism, brought the world's most powerful country to its knees. In the weeks and months that followed, many Muslim Americans found themselves on the defensive-having to prove to their non-Muslim neighbours and friends, that Islam was a peaceful religion and that they did not subscribe, at any level, to the ideology...
