AP - Al-Qaida has identified a would-be 20th hijacker for the Sept. 11 attacks as a Saudi operative who was killed in a 2004 shootout with his country's security forces.

AP - A somewhat scaled-down design for the Sept. 11 memorial that retains the central elements of the original — including reflecting pools and the inscribed names of the victims — was unveiled Tuesday after the project was sent back to the drawing board because the cost was pushing $1 billion.

Reuters - Cost-cutters slashed the price of New York's September 11 memorial in half to $500 million while preserving crucial design elements like waterfalls and reflecting pools where the Twin Towers once stood, officials said on Tuesday.

AFP - New Yorkers were offered a new design for a permanent memorial to the September 11, 2001 attacks, after officials balked at the initial proposal's one-billion-dollar budget.

AP - A somewhat scaled-down design for the Sept. 11 memorial that retains the central elements of the original — including reflecting pools and the inscribed names of the victims — was unveiled Tuesday after the project was sent back to the drawing board because the cost was pushing $1 billion.

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that aggressive U.S. action is responsible for preventing new terror attacks since the Sept. 11 strikes.

AFP - A former employee of the FBI who gained national attention for exposing the agency's failures prior to the September 11 attacks was criticized in a US government report declassified today.

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that aggressive U.S. action is responsible for preventing new terror attacks since the Sept. 11 strikes.

Reuters - Nearly five years after the September 11 attacks, most cities and states in the United States are still unprepared for a major catastrophe, a Department of Homeland Security report showed on Friday.

AP - Enforcement of workplace immigration law, a central principle of immigration reform legislation under debate in Congress, has significantly declined since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to testimony at a Senate hearing Monday.

AP - It is a U.S. service academy situated just outside New York City. Its graduates have fought and died in all corners of the world, and since Sept. 11 have played a key role in bolstering homeland security.

AFP - Several hundred protesters have taken to the streets of an east London neighbourhood to demand an apology for an anti-terrorist raid that turned up nothing.

Reuters - When billionaire Michael Bloomberg became New York mayor shortly after the September 11 attacks, some mocked his dullness and lack of political savvy.

AFP - A man described as a senior member of a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was deported from Britain to Algeria, the Home Office said.

AFP - A man described as a senior member of a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was deported from Britain to Algeria, the Home Office said.

Reuters - Nearly five years after the September 11 attacks, most cities and states in the United States are still unprepared for a major catastrophe, a Department of Homeland Security report showed on Friday.

AFP - Two men accused of being part of a terrorist cell discussed a suicide mission involving a British Airways plane, a London court has heard.