Yahoo! News: Sept. 11Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes
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AP - Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests.
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take $657M settlement
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AP - Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
Reuters - Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement worth up to $657.5 million with an insurer representing the city of New York, city officials and lawyers said on Thursday.
Obama nears compromise on Guantanamo trials
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AFP - President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
AP - Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex.
Reuters - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair.
The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday, two moderate senators defended President Obama’s apparent willingness to reconsider his administration’s decision to use a civilian New York terror trial for the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Key al-Qaida, Taliban arrests in Pakistan
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AP - Pakistan has stepped up its efforts to arrest al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban militants in recent weeks following intense pressure from Washington. A look at some of the major arrests in Pakistan since the Sept. 11 attacks:
Ad campaign urges Obama to hold firm on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial
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AFP - A prominent US rights group urged the Obama administration on Sunday not to back down in the face of fierce opposition to its plans to try September 11 plotters in a civilian court in New York.
AP - Looking down into the construction site covering the 16 acres where the World Trade Center once stood, some might see a place shadowed by death.
AFP - Iran's firebrand President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on Saturday dismissed the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States as a "big lie," state media reported.
AP - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Obama under pressure on 9/11 trial
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AFP - The White House will need weeks to decide on the trial of the September 11 plotters, an official said, after its plans for a military tribunal triggered a strong reaction.
Reuters - Senior Obama administration officials may recommend that accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be prosecuted in a military trial, U.S. officials said on Friday, in what would be a policy reversal after intense political pressure.
WH may switch to military trials for 9/11 suspects
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AP - Looking to breathe life into President Barack Obama's stalled pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, White House advisers are inching toward recommending military trials for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused henchmen.
AP - A California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived outside the military headquarters armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. Internet postings linked to the lone shooting suspect reflect long-held anti-government anger.
AP - Internet postings linked to the suspected gunman in a Pentagon subway shooting suggest long-held frustration with the government's reach into the private life of Americans.
Reuters - Advisers to President Barack Obama are close to recommending that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, be tried in a military tribunal instead of a civilian court, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Feds: Student visa fraud ring found at Fla. school
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AP - A Florida language school helped illegally obtain student visas for foreign nationals who never went to class, violating laws enacted after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks exposed weaknesses in the program, authorities said Thursday.
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