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9/11 generation: 'There was a hole in all of us'

9/11 generation: 'There was a hole in all of us'


9/11 generation: 'There was a hole in all of us'

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:01 AM PDT

A woman looks out at New York's Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center from inside 9/11 Empty Sky memorial at Liberty State Park in Jersey CityThe attacks shaped the values and fears of NYC's children.


U.N.: Syrian forces responsible for eight massacres

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:39 AM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Aug.1, 2013 file photo posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad talking with soldiers with during Syrian Arab Army day in Darya, Syria. As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook, File)By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. rights investigators have established that Syrian government forces were almost certainly responsible for two massacres last May in which up to 450 civilians were killed, a report published on Wednesday said. The report documents nine mass killings in all, attributing all but one to government forces, but said both government and rebel fighters had committed war crimes including murder, hostage-taking and shelling of civilians. ...


Paul Ryan a firm ‘no’ on military strike against Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:34 AM PDT

Ryan arrives for a briefing to all members of Congress by senior Obama administration officials on proposed military action against Syria, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington"A feckless show of force will only damage our credibility," the former vice presidential candidate said.


Bomb hits Libya's Benghazi on attack anniversary

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:27 AM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, exactly one year after the Sept. 11 attack there that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

Nation pauses on 9/11 to pay tribute to victims

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 11:02 AM PDT

A woman wipes her eyes after reading the name of her brother, Bobby Hughes, as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)NEW YORK (AP) — As bells tolled solemnly, Americans marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Wednesday with the reading of the names, moments of silence and serene music that have become tradition.


Iraq tries novel ways to curb rising violence

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:28 AM PDT

In this picture taken on Sept. 9, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers guard a moat surrounding the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi authorities are resorting to desperate measures to quell rising violence, ordering huge numbers of cars off the road in the capital, bulldozing soccer fields and even building a medieval-style moat around a disputed northern city in an effort to keep car bombs out. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities are resorting to desperate measures to quell rising violence, ordering huge numbers of cars off the roads, bulldozing soccer fields and even building a medieval-style moat around one city in an effort to keep car bombs out.


The NSA machine: Too big for anyone to understand

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:58 AM PDT

FILE - NSA's Utah Data Center is shown in this Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo taken in Bluffdale, Utah. Newly declassified documents released Tuesday Sept. 10, 2013 tell a story of a surveillance apparatus so unwieldy and complex that nobody fully comprehended it, even as the government pointed it at the American people in the name of protecting them. Documents from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court show that even senior lawyers and officials weren't sure how the system worked and didn't understand what they were told. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, FILE)WASHINGTON (AP) — The surveillance machine grew too big for anyone to understand.


Afghanistan wins 1st international soccer title

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 11:14 AM PDT

An Afghan man celebrate after the national team beat India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation Championship In Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept, 11, 2013. The Afghans beat India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation Championship, a tough match whose result brought a rare moment of unity to this ethnically fractious, war-weary nation, which the U.S. invaded in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks 12 years ago.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bullets whizzed through the air in the Afghan capital Wednesday night, this time in celebration rather than anger: Afghanistan had just won its first international trophy in soccer.


Privately, UN talks begin on Syria chemical arms

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:37 AM PDT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Tense negotiations have begun on a proposed U.N. resolution that would put Syria's chemical weapons under international control and end a diplomatic stalemate over a deadly suspected poison gas attack, a French official said Wednesday.

Suicide bombs hit Egypt military in Sinai, kill 9

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013, file photo, Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt. A military official said Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, Egyptian helicopters and tanks are attacking Islamic militants in villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula. The Saturday assault came after Egypt deployed a column of armored vehicles and trucks carrying infantry into the region, a militant stronghold, in a major new counterinsurgency offensive, the official said. (AP Photo, File)EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — In near-simultaneous attacks, a pair of suicide bombers rammed their explosives-laden cars into military targets in Egypt's volatile Sinai on Wednesday, killing at least nine soldiers, security officials said.


2 Colo. lawmakers ousted in gun control recalls

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 09:20 AM PDT

Colorado Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, concedes defeat in his legislative recall race in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Morse and Sen. Angela Giron, of Pueblo, who voted for new firearms restrictions in the state, faced the first legislative recalls in state history. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)DENVER (AP) — Two Democratic state lawmakers who backed tighter gun laws in the aftermath of mass shootings have been kicked out of office in a recall election promoted by both grassroots activists and the National Rifle Association.


Unresolved NYC primary pauses for 9/11 remembrance

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 09:29 AM PDT

New York City Democratic Mayoral hopeful Bill De Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second from left, and wife Chirlane, right, after addressing supporters at his election headquarters after polls closed in the city's primary election Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — As the New York City mayoral race paused Wednesday for remembrances of the Sept. 11 attacks, the chaotic campaign remained without an answer a day after the primary as to whether the top Democratic finisher, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, will be forced into a runoff.


AP PHOTOS: Mt. Fuji's Heritage status worries some

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 07:01 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 photo, thousands of hikers, with headlamps and flashlights lighting their way, climb to the summit of Mount Fuji in Japan before dawn. The recent recognition of the 3,776-meter (12,388-foot) peak as a UNESCO World Heritage site has many here worried that will draw still more people, adding to the wear and tear on the environment from the more than 300,000 who already climb the mountain each year. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)MOUNT FUJI, Japan (AP) — They trudge up well-trod cinder paths by the thousands, headlamps glowing in the dark, and then settle in, shivering, to await and cheer the sun's blazing ascent over the horizon.


US Brazil bound after another 2-0 win over Mexico

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:55 AM PDT

United States fans hold up scarves as they sing the national Anthem before the start of the qualifying soccer match against Mexico in a World Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fireworks had gone off and so had the smoke bombs. The red-white-and-blue-clad crowd had finished singing "Dos a cero! Dos a cero!" over and over and over.


NYC mayoral primary on pause for 9/11 remembrance

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:55 AM PDT

New York City Democratic Mayoral hopeful Bill De Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second from left, and wife Chirlane, right, after addressing supporters at his election headquarters after polls closed in the city's primary election Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — Campaigning in the New York City mayoral primary is being put on hold for remembrances of the Sept. 11 attacks.


Car bomb hits Libyan Foreign Ministry in Benghazi

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 05:06 AM PDT

People gather to look at the site of a car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, one year to the date after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. The early morning blast targeted a building that once housed U.S. Consulate under the rule of King Idris, who former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi overthrew in a 1969 bloodless coup. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, exactly one year after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.


Destroying Syria's chemical weapons could take years

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:18 AM PDT

A U.N. chemical weapons expert holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Ain TarmaBy Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - If Saddam Hussein's Iraq is anything to go by, destroying Syria's massive chemical weapons arsenal will mean checking dozens of far-flung sites in a war zone while the government employs delaying tactics to hide the banned munitions, an expert involved in past U.N. disarmament missions said. ...


'Daddy, I miss you so much'

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 07:26 AM PDT

A boy looks at names on the South reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New YorkSomber ceremonies mark the 12th anniversary of 9/11.


Live chat: Honoring the heroes of Sept. 11

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:51 AM PDT

The World Trade Center Flag is presented as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Yahoo News will carry the 9/11 events live. Share your story with us as we commemorate the event live at 12 p.m. Eastern Time.


Russia shows U.S. its plan for Syrian chemical weapons

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 07:45 AM PDT

Part of the chemical weapons stockpile at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele, Utah, pictured in 2002MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has given the United States its plan for placing Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international control and intends to discuss it on Thursday in Geneva, the Interfax news agency cited a Russian source as saying on Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva, said on Tuesday that Lavrov was expected to send him Russia's proposals for review by the Obama administration. (Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Gabriela Baczynska)


Kenyan water discovery brings hope to parched north

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:55 AM PDT

A mother and child walk in the village of Komote on the shores of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya on May 18, 2012The Kenyan government and UNESCO on Wednesday announced the discovery of a huge supply of underground water in the impoverished, drought-stricken extreme north of the country.


Car bomb hits Foreign Ministry in Benghazi

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:57 AM PDT

People stand near a Libyan Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi after an explosion in BenghaziTRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, one year to the date after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.


Obama’s message on Syria: Look the other way or accept moral duty?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:13 AM PDT

In many ways, Obama redeemed himself Tuesday night with a powerful invocation of American exceptionalism.

'I think about you every day'

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:32 AM PDT

Daniel Henry, a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey police officer, pauses during a moment of silence during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attack in New YorkSeptember 11 victims' loved ones mark the 12th anniversary of the attacks.


Somber tributes mark 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 05:33 AM PDT

FDNY Firefighter Mike Bellantoni of New York prepares a memento at the Firefighter's Memorial adjacent to the World Trade Center Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 before the start of the official ceremonies at the 9/11 Memorial nearby. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)Victims families and friends gather to remember those who died in the attacks.


Tributes mark 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:55 PM PDT

The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center, center, in a test of the memorial light display, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 in New York. The twin beams of light will also appear Wednesday, Sept. 11, twelve years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building are at far left. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Victims' loved ones gather at ground zero to remember the attacks.


Obama to explore diplomatic route on Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 11:12 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the nation about the situation in Syria from the East Room at the White House in WashingtonThe president pledged to explore Russia's plan to take away Syria's chemical weapons.


Blast wrecks government office in Libya's Benghazi

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 05:53 PM PDT

Libyan firefighters battle a fire caused by a blast near a foreign ministry building on September 11, 2013 in BenghaziA car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a building that once housed the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi in what an official said was a warning that diplomats are not safe.


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