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U.S. Remembers

A divided world remembered the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Monday, with allies in the war on terror renewing their resolve to fight fanaticism, but with militants pledging continued resistance. CNN News



American journalist Paul Salopek returned home a day after being freed from prison in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region where he had been held for more than a month on espionage charges. News24



A lengthy video statement from Ayman al-Zawahiri, issued on the eve of the fifth anniversary of al Qaeda's attacks on the United States, calls on Muslims to step up their resistance to the United States and warns that "new events" are on the way. CNN News



A remote inspection of the space shuttle Atlantis showed no obvious damage to the thermal skin caused during Saturday's launch, NASA said Sunday. CTV News



Flights are cancelled, schools and government offices are closed and officials are warning of prolonged power outages as Bermuda braces for Hurricane Florence. The eye of the storm is expected to move past Bermuda's west coast within hours, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a Monday morning update. CBC News



An angry protester accusing Tony Blair of complicity in the recent Israeli bombardment of Lebanon disrupted a news conference and thousands more shouted outside Monday as the British prime minister visited Beirut in a show of support for the devastated nation's government. CNN News



Saddam Hussein's second trial, on charges of genocide in connection with a crackdown on Kurds, resumed Monday in Baghdad after a 19-day hiatus. Saddam and six co-defendants face a possible death penalty for the killings of tens of thousands of Kurds during the Anfal campaign, a military assault in northern Iraq in the 1980s. CBC News



Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he had reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas over forming a unity government that the Palestinians hope will end their international isolation. CNN News


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