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![Paul Wolfowitz (left) and Donald Rumsfeld (centre) were key architects of President George W Bush's war strategy after the September 11 attacks [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2003-03-25_3_BUSH-IRAQ.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
9/11 attacks 20 years on
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![Self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, depicted here in a 2014 sketch, attended pretrial hearings at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre this week [File:Janet Hamlin/AP Photo via Pool]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP133833629990.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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Denmark becomes only European country with no COVID curbs
New infections have eased as vaccination rates have climbed, reaching more than 70 percent of the overall population.
New infections have eased as vaccination rates have climbed, reaching more than 70 percent of the overall population.
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