Deadline looms for 9/11-rescue workers' compensation
Thousands of rescue workers sickened after the September 11 attacks in New York have until tomorrow to accept a settlement that could top USD 800 million for their debilitating ailments.
Bush gave orders to shoot down 9/11 planes
London: Former US President George W Bush gave orders to shoot down planes on 9/11, his new book has revealed.
He also thought the hijacked airliner that crashed in Pennsylvania had been shot down.
Mass-murder plotter in Canada gets 16 years
Toronto: Canada on Monday sentenced to 16 years the main leader in the country's first Al Qaeda-inspired mass-murder plot unearthed in 2006. Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, it was uncovered with
Australian PM slams union leader for saying 9/11 a US plot
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday dismissed as "stupid and wrong" a trade union leader's remarks that the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US were a conspiracy.
Ahmadinejad's 9/11 comments hateful, offensive: Obama
US President Barack Obama described as "hateful" and "offensive" the comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that some people believed the US government was behind the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist
Post 9/11: Pak wanted US to talk to Taliban, but Bush rejected
As the US prepared to invade Afghanistan in 2001 after 9/11 attacks, Pakistan's powerful ISI wanted America to enter into a dialogue with the Taliban, but the then Bush Administration "bluntly" told P
Americans outcry against burning of Quran, Pastor adamant
Cutting across party lines and ideological and religious spectrum, Americans strongly came out in open against the plans of a Florida Pastor to burn the Holy Quran on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 com
'48 Hours' correspondent Harold Dow dies at 62
Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent Harold Dow, who helped shape the documentary program "48 Hours" and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, has died. H
Leading Jewish group opposes mosque near WTC site
New York, July 31: A leading Jewish organisation in the US has opposed the much-debated construction of a mosque near the Ground Zero site where the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapsed on