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 The
September 11 attack devastated the World Trade Center area...
The World Trade Center site is now referred to
as ground zero.
9-11
Victim's family remember
Multimedia
Albums
Clean up continues...
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The
End of History
Diversity
is an American Strength
The
Fragile City
New York writers meditate on 9/11 events and the
impact on their city.
Michael Cook,
a painter, retrieving belongings from his apartment. "This experience
is not something you just pick up after and continue with happy
landscapes," he said.
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Two Reports on
the Refugees
 The
Road to Refugee and A
Nation in Exile
Fifty years after the adoption of the UN
Convention on Refugees, the decade we live in has seen more of the world's
people than ever before seeking refuge from war, persecution or disaster.
A BBC special report tells the stories behind
the statistics, using first-person testimonies and in-depth interviews to trace
the journey from home into exile.
The report asks why refugees are still fleeing,
where they go, and examines how we treat them.
MORE:
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War is a way of life in
AFGHANISTAN |
| International
Violence is nothing new. View a Washington
Post multimedia presentation covering the topic of international violence
and American involvement from 1979 to present. |
Under
Siege
a photo
essay from Lefteris Pitarakis is a chronicle of a year of violence and pain
in the Middle East.
Conversations:
Michael
Gordon NY Times Reporter in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Washington
Post Interactive War Maps
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FLASH) |
BBC
- Investigating Terror
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Religions:
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BBC's
A-Z guide of religions and beliefs from around the world
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Atheism
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Atheists
are people who do not believe in God or other spiritual beings. Some atheists go
further and deny that God, or other spiritual beings, exist.
Many atheists are also
secularists, and are hostile to any special treatment given to organised
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The ideas and history of people
who don't believe in God.
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Buddhism
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Wesak
is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and is celebrated in May.
It celebrates Buddha's birthday, and, for Theravada Buddhists, marks the day of
the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death.
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A way of living based on the
teachings of Siddartha Gautama.
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Christianity
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Easter
commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It
is the most important Christian festival, and the one celebrated with the
greatest joy.
Jesus himself was seen that
day, and for days afterwards by many people. His followers realized that God had
raised Jesus from the dead.
The date of Easter changes each
year, and several other Christian festivals fix their dates by reference to
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The world's biggest faith based on
the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Hinduism
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Dasara (Dassehra) is ten days
of celebration in honour of Durga or Kali. It is held between late September and
mid-October and lasts nine days to celebrate the triumph of good over evil. |
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A group of faiths rooted in the
religious ideas of India.
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Islam
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The
Night of Power was suggested as the last 10 days of the month of November.
The festival of The Night of
Power marks the night in which the Qur’an was first revealed to the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) by Allah.
Muslims regard this as the most
important event in history, and the Qur'an says that this night is better than a
thousand months (97:3), and that on this night the angels descend to earth. |
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An eternal religion, revealed to
humanity in its final form by the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh).
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Judaism
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The
High Holy Days are made up of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), The Day of
Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the Days of Awe or Repentance in between.
This is the most spiritual period of the year for Jews, a time for looking back
on the year just passed, and for taking action to get right with God and with
other people.
The High Holy Days come in Autumn, at the start of the month of Tishri.
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The faith of the Jewish People.
Based around their covenant relationship with God.
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Sikhism
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Divali
is the Festival of Light that comes at the end of October or early November. It’s
a festival that Sikhs and Hindus both celebrate.
Sikhs give the festival a special meaning by celebrating the release of Guru
Hargobind from imprisonment at Gwalior. |
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Founded by Guru Nanak in India in
the the 15th Century CE.
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Bio-Warfare
and Anthrax
 Bio-warfare
The diseases that might become weapons
 All
in the mind?
Anthrax 'more effective as a scare tactic'
Webs
of deception
Cipro sites targeted for illegal sales
More:
CNN's Mike Boettcher got
together a chilling video that is used by associates of Osama Bin Laden to
recruit for al-Qaeda (September 21): http://www.cnn.com/video/world/2001/09/21/mb.bin.laden.affl.med.html
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