Balls of flames and smoke billow out of the top floors of the World Trade Center Towers yesterday in New York City after two planes rammed into the building. One hour later, another plane crashed into the Pentagon.

Terror strikes USA

Two planes crash into World Trade Centre; Plane-hit Pentagon collapses ; White House, State Dept. evacuated . The worst terrorist attack of all time Tuesday struck at the economic and political heart of the United States in a bloody, coordinated assault that razed New York's giant World Trade Centre, collapsed parts of the Pentagon and sent shock waves across the world.
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Message from the President

Message to US President George W. Bush from President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga:
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Doors still open for LTTE, says President

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The doors are still open to the LTTE to come for peace talks, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga told a group of visiting students from the Jaffna District at the President's House on Monday night.
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