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• Vacationing Iran judge keeps jailed Americans in limbo
  The attorney for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal says he can't complete paperwork on a $1 million bail deal because a judge who must sign the documents is on vacation until Tuesday.September 18, 2011
• Is it time to end the war on terror?
  Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks, is it time to reassess America's approach to national security? Midday presents an Intelligence Squared debate on the topic featuring four national security experts. In favor of overhauling the system are Peter Bergen, co-director of New America Foundation's counter-terrorism strategy initiative, and Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama. Against the motion are former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden and Richard Falkenrath, homeland security policy adviser to President George W. Bush.Midday, September 14, 2011
• Oman assisting in effort to free Bauer, Fattal in Iran
  An official with Oman's foreign ministry says the Gulf nation has sent a plane to Tehran amid efforts toward a bail-for-freedom deal for two Americans jailed for spying.September 14, 2011
• Photos: Sept. 11 anniversary
  The nation marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 today, with ceremonies in many cities. Here are images of those remembrances.September 11, 2011
• Looking back and ahead, America remembers 9/11
  The names of the Sept. 11 dead, some recited by children barely old enough to remember their fallen mothers and fathers, echoed across ground zero in a haunting but hopeful tribute on the 10th anniversary of the terror attack.September 11, 2011
• Courage of Flight 93 victims lauded at dedication
  The 40 passengers and crew who fought back against their hijackers aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11 performed one of the most courageous acts in U.S. history, former President George W. Bush said today.September 10, 2011
• No sign of US entry for terror plot, sources say
  U.S. intelligence agencies have found no evidence that al-Qaida has sneaked any terrorists into the country for a strike coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, senior officials said Saturday.September 10, 2011
• For some, the road we've traveled since 9/11 has led nowhere
  Anniversary observances can be depressing when they denote a lack of progress.September 9, 2011
• Air National Guard's 148th Fighter Wing pilots recall eerie days after 9/11
  Soon after two airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2011, a Minnesota Air National Guard unit launched into action.September 9, 2011
• Could 9/11 happen again?
  Midday presents a special program from the Aspen Ideas Festival, looking how America's national security has changed since the Sept. 11 attacks and if we're still vulnerable to another terrorist attack. The panel includes former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA), former National Security Agency chief Mike McConnell, and Philip Zelikow, who served as executive director of the 9/11 commission.Midday, September 9, 2011
• We shouldn't let degradation of the wilderness become a legacy of 9/11
  There are not many places in the world where news of the attacks could not reach. One of them is in Minnesota.September 9, 2011
• Schools struggle with how to address 9/11 in classrooms
  But 10 years later, the attacks occupy an awkward spot in schools. For teachers and other adults, the anniversary triggers raw memories, and for them it might be too soon to treat the event as history.September 8, 2011
• Being Muslim in Minnesota
  Over the past decade, Muslims living in Minnesota have wrestled with the actions of the 9/11 hijackers, who they say distorted their religion in the worst possible way. At the same time, they're navigating a new terrain of terror alerts and fears about skin color, facial hair and clothing. Many Minnesota Muslims believe the state's vigilance has come at a price to their civil liberties.September 8, 2011
• Minnesotans reflect on 9/11
  Former Vice President Walter Mondale and other Minnesotans share their remembrances of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the meaning of the attacks today. How did you feel then, and now? Has anything changed?Midday, September 8, 2011
• Around the world, a single day's events provoked a variety of perceptions
  Foreign journalists recall reactions at home to the 9/11 attacks. Shock was common, but not universal.September 8, 2011

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