A decade on from September 11
If or when another devastating attack takes place, there will be as little prospect of a muted response. The US has been chastened by its post-9/11 failures, but not neutered
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9/11: Ten years on
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Ten years after the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, the global political and financial landscape has changed dramatically
Tears and tributes as the US remembers
Americans paused to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with tears and tributes on Sunday as Barack Obama and George W. Bush led sombre ceremonies
America marks 9/11 anniversary
US president visits attack sites
FBI talks of ‘specific and credible threat’
Additional 9/11 security measures in place in New York
US receives threat warning on 9/11 anniversary
Fresh intelligence prompts step up of security
Torn apart: the people behind the posters
A decade after 9/11, families who put up the ‘missing’ ads in Jordana Baldwin’s photos speak of their sorrow
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We need to confront the post-9/11 paradox
A handful of people derive most of their power not from their strength or ideals but from us, our society and our culture. It’s hard but we have now to move on, writes Philip Zelikow
America after 9/11: A nation fixated with its security
The attacks of September 2001 have transformed national security – though critics argue the costs have been high, writes Richard McGregor
After 9/11, getting beyond us-and-them
If democracy emerges in the Middle East, it will not suddenly remove all our differences, says Wendell Steavenson
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World has changed in surprising ways
The ‘war on terror’ defined US foreign policy for seven years and led to conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, says Gideon Rachman
US intelligence: A decade later, agencies are better at working together
The attacks led to soul-searching and changes, says Anna Fifield
Contingency planning: Focus shifts from physical to virtual threats
After 9/11, disaster planning became a growth area. Ten years on, companies also worry more about cyber crime, writes Alan Rappeport
Jihadist terrorism: Al-Qaeda franchises are still cause for concern
James Blitz on groups operating from lawless areas in the Middle East and north Africa
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Response that opened a deadly Pandora’s box
Bin Laden’s adopted lands seem trapped in a vortex of violence. The al-Qaeda leader may be gone but did he win, asks Matthew Green
Arab uprising: Fear of a ‘clash of civilisations’ appears to be overdone
There is an urgent need for long-term international commitment to help nascent democracies, says Guy Dinmore
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The remains of that day
Simon Schama reflects on Ground Zero and the challenge of making meaningful memorials
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Project honouring victims will rejuvenate lower Manhattan
Artistry from atrocity
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