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The name of Islam, the second biggest religion in the world, was tarnished by the 9/11 terrorism attacks.
But the acts carried out by extremists that day were at odds with the teachings of the religion’s holy scripture, the Koran, says Shadnam Jheeng...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Police yesterday launched an appeal for a missing 15-year-old.
Eron Hill was last officially seen at his Sandys home on Saturday, although officers say he may have been spotted in Hamilton this week.
The teenager was described as brown-skinned and o...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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In the final minutes of his life, former Saltus student Robert Higley ensured that others escaped from the World Trade Center's South Tower moments before it collapsed.
Two young trainees from New York, who had been under his guidance on the morning...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Bermudian Rhondelle Tankard, 31, had only started working at the World Trade Center the day before the terrorist attacks.
Before arriving in New York, she had been working for the Aon insurance company in Bermuda.
She had shown ambition and talent wh...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Ten years ago this weekend, history changed for ever when a series of terrorist attacks on the US killed almost 3,000 people and left the lives of countless others in ruins. Former Royal Gazette reporter Karen Smith travelled to Ground Zero with the ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Hotels across the Island found themselves dealing with hundreds of displaced air passengers when flights destined for the US were diverted as the 9/11 emergency took hold.
The Island’s airport soon resembled a parking lot of jet airliners as flights ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Grace Shelton, the US Consul General, was in the heart of Washington DC, close to the Pentagon, when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred.
She was working in the State Department when she saw footage of the attacks on TV sets as she walked along a hal...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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An amnesty on illegal dogs saw more than 100 registered, with one-third of the animals brought in on the last day.
However three illegal pit bull terrier puppies were seized and put to sleep in the week following August 31, the date on which the amne...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Remembrance ceremonies for the lives lost a decade ago on September 11 will be attended this Sunday by US Consul General Grace Shelton.
Ms Shelton will lay a wreath and hold a moment of silence at the 9/11 memorial in the Botanical Gardens.
She will ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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These dust-covered shoes are a poignant reminder of the terror and destruction visited on New York on 9/11. They are also a symbol of the determination of a Bermudian woman who witnessed the attack on and collapse of the twin towers and then walked f...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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