Moore: `Fahrenheit 9/11' follow-up is not a sequel (AP)
Terror threat from South Asia still top US concern (AFP)
NY Gov: may lack dollars for NYC building projects (Reuters) Reuters - New York might not be able to afford all of the huge building projects planned in Manhattan, from Ground Zero to west midtown, Gov. David Paterson said on Wednesday, adding a new tsar may be needed to overcome delays. Five to be tried for 9/11 attacks; charges against 6th dropped (AFP)
U.S. drops charges against accused "20th hijacker" (Reuters)
Sept. 11 families fear war-crimes trial (AP) AP - People who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 attacks fear alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will use his upcoming war-crimes trial to boast about his role and rally support for al-Qaida. Charity that helped Pentagon victims is closing (AP) AP - The largest charity established to help Washington-area victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is closing nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon. 9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Social workers run the risk of suffering severe psychological stress from hearing too many stories of trauma, according to a new study that looked at people who counseled others impacted by the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York City. Critic accuses Hollywood of vilifying Arabs (Reuters)
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Reuters - Charges against five Guantanamo prisoners
accused of plotting the September 11 attacks should be thrown
out because they were improperly influenced by a Pentagon legal
adviser, U.S. military lawyers said in documents filed on
Friday.
AP - With his follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore wants to examine America as an empire, study its standing since the Sept. 11 attacks and present revelations to surprise audiences as much as the first film did.
AFP - The United States has poured nearly 40 billion dollars in aid to South Asia since the September 11 attacks but the terror threat from the region remains a top problem, a congressional hearing was told.
AFP - The US has referred five accused co-conspirators in the September 11 attacks for military trial but dropped charges against the alleged "20th hijacker" without explanation, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Reuters - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it
dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended
to be the "20th hijacker" on September 11 but sent five others
to trial on accusations they planned the 2001 attacks.
Reuters - American films and TV dramas shot since
the September 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs
and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful
stereotypes, argues an author on the subject.
