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The site of the WTC 25 years after terrorists crashed packed planes into the towers conjures up emotion and hope for the ...

The site of the WTC 25 years after terrorists crashed packed planes into the towers conjures up emotion and hope for the photographer who captured hope that day.

For the journalists who were most closely involved, specific moments from that day still bring back vivid images. It was a shocking event, the biggest story imaginable, and they were thrown into it.

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The United States has fought famous wars — World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. These conflicts fill history ...

MLB's Venezuelan players have shifted their focus from celebration to salvation amid tragedy back home.

In this final extract, Vladimir Kuzichkin - the Russian superspy who defected to the West - plans his escape to the UK under ...