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Beverly Eckert Widow of 9-11 victim Sean Rooney Was In Buffalo Flight

Yesterday's tragic Buffalo plane crash of flight of flight 3407 brings back sad memories of September 11 as the widow of 9-11 vicim Sean Rooney Beverly Eckert was in the flight, returning from New York to honor her husband's birthday memory.

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Global Poll Shows Doubt About al-Qaida Role in 9/11 Attacks

Seven years after terrorist attacks killed several thousand people in the United States, a new global public opinion poll shows that many people do not believe the attacks were the work of the al-Qaida terror network. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington.

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What Went Wrong in the Decade Before 9/11 Attacks

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Roy Gutman has written a new book, How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan, in which he examines what went wrong in the years leading up to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

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Sept. 11 terrorism continues to impact mental health of Americans

Long after Sept. 11, 2001, Americans' terrorism-related thoughts and fears are associated with increased depression, anxiety, hostility, posttraumatic stress and drinking, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found.

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Study finds systematic change in dreams after Sept. 11, 2001

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, changed our lives in a number of different ways, not only socially and politically, but also in the way in which we dream, according to a study published in the February 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

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New Details About The 9/11 Mystery Jet Plane

The morning of 9/11, CNN reported a mystery jet plane flying above Washington, DC. At 9:54 a.m., correspondent John King, who was standing near the White House, reported that about ten minutes earlier (hence, around 9:44 a.m.), there was "a white jet circling overhead."

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US Marks 6th Anniversary of 9/11 Terror Acts

The United States marked the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States with ceremonies, tributes and silence all over the country.

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Osama bin Laden: photo released

One of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers, wearing a white turban, superimposed upon a photo of a burning World Trade Center is on the picture released from a new Osama bin Laden videotape.

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Osama bin Laden's new video to be released on September 11

Osama bin Laden will release a new video in advance of Sept. 11 anniversary. The White House said Thursday that any new video from bin Laden would serve to highlight threats the West faces.

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CIA Statement on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report

Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael V. Hayden on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary

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Purdue creates scientifically based animation of 9/11 attack

Although most Americans believe they know what brought down the World Trade Center twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, civil engineers are still seeking answers to questions that could save lives in the future.

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Broadway enjoys record year

New York's theatres saw record ticket sales in the last year, as Broadway continued to bounce back from the September 11 attacks of nearly six years ago.

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