The devastation after the terrorist attack on the New York World Trade Centre (Reuters)

US declares war

The United States declared itself Wednesday at war with the terrorists who launched suicide flights at key centres of US power, killing thousands of Americans and leaving the once-impregnable superpower suddenly feeling vulnerable. The battle cry was issued by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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New Cabinet tomorrow

The new Cabinet will be sworn in on September 14.
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Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror

President Bush in a televised speech to the nation from the Oval Office the evening of September 11 denounced what he called the "evil, despicable acts of terror" earlier in the day that took thousands of lives at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in the nation's capital.
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Secretary-General condems terrorist attacks on the United Nations

Terrorism must be fought resolutely wherever it appears. Because no just cause can be advanced by terror, says Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations in a message condemning terrorist attacks on the United States Yesterday.
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