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Wednesday 30 May 2012
A decade since the worst terrorist attacks in US history, Channel 4 News looks at how the world has changed.
Leaders of al-Qaeda in Yemen appear in a video posted on Islamist websites. Their group has been linked to the explosives found on two cargo planes (credit:Reuters)
World / Yemen Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: who are they? 08 May 2012 Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News looks at the al-Qaeda group in the Arabian Peninsula linked to explosives found on two cargo planes, and Public Enemy No 1 for the UK intelligence services, Anwar al-Awlaki.

The tragedy of war in Afghanistan. (Getty)
World / Afghanistan The tragedy of war in Afghanistan 08 March 2012 Alex Thomson

With the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan the number of UK troops killed since the conflict began has passed 400. Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson assesses a decade at war.

Belhaj - Reuters
UK / Libya Met to probe Libyan rendition claims 12 January 2012 Channel 4 News

Senior UK security officials and ministers could be in the frame as the Metropolitan Police begins a new wider investigation into allegations of rendition in Libya, as Simon Israel reports.

Guantanamo Bay - Getty
World / Cuba Guantanamo Bay remains open 10 years on 11 January 2012 Channel 4 News

Amnesty International calls on the US government to end indefinite detentions in Guantanamo, as the prison reaches its 10th anniversary.

Iraq soldier - Reuters
World / Iraq Washington accelerates pullout from Iraq 18 November 2011 Anthony Tucker-Jones

Reports that Washington is accelerating its withdrawal from Iraq by three weeks are a mixed blessing, says defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.

A plane crashes into the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2011
In pictures: 9/11 14 September 2011

Some of the defining images from 11 September 2001

Channel 4 Blog
Obama must dispense with the calmer and rev up the drama 12 September 2011

America's reverence for bombastic leaders is not something that Cool Hand Obama can change, writes Matt Frei.

Recommended Reading

  • blogs.channel4.com/snowblog The searing memory of 9/11.
  • nymag.com What everyone would remember first.
  • iwm.org.uk An exhibition of 9/11 fragments by Francesc Torres.

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