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Across the globe thousands of people have joined the United States in remembering the traumatic day one year ago when 19 hijackers launched a carefully planned assault on America that killed more than 3000 people.
In London senior figures of church and state joined relatives and friends of the British victims of the September 11 attacks as some 3000 rose petals rained down from the dome of Saint Paul's cathedral to honor the dead on Wednesday.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair attended the service, as well as Prince Charles and his son Prince Harry.
In Brussels, representatives of NATO member and partner countries, NATO officials and staff gathered outside the headquarters of the Alliance to mark the first anniversary with a prayer of remembrance. NATO Secretary General George Robertson told those attending the commemorative ceremony that the terrorists had not succeeded in their aim.
Germany's political elite gathered in Berlin to contemplate the event which changed thousands of lives and prompted the ousting of the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. Some 500 people attended the service at the Berliner Dom.
Recognizing the threat of terrorism to all countries, not just the United States, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow laid a wreath at a memorial board dedicated to victims of a bomb blast in 2000 which Russian officials believe may have been a terrorist attack.
At a memorial mass in Rome, Italian firefighters expressed solidarity with the families of the American emergency workers who lost their lives trying to evacuate the World Trade Center buildings before they collapsed burying all those inside them.
Source: CCTV
Editor: Zhao Xuan
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