Women and children from 12 displaced Sunnis families wait for food and clothing in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007. The families were forced from their homes in the Arab Jabour area on Tuesday by al-Qaida
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush are joined by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, as they stand with White House staff and members of Congress as they take part in a moment of silence, marking the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. FBI Director Robert Mueller is at left, outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, is next to Mueller.
Yacob Amare, center, of Ethiopia, sings a traditional song for the New Year with friends to celebrate the Ethiopian Millennium New Year’s Eve at a cultural celebration in Washington on Tuesday Sept. 11, 2007. In this year’s Ethiopian calendar, called the Kenn Multeria, September 12 marks the year 2000. The calendar is a combination of the ancient Egyptian and Julian calendars. Thousands of people gathered by the Washington Monument for the celebration, organized by the Ethiopian-African 2000 Millennium Group.
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A Suicide bomb rocks Pakistan killing up to 18 people including two police men when a suicide bomber who was in his teens blew himself up in a truck carrying passengers in Northwestern Pakistan.
Indonesian office workers evacuate their building following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007. The powerful earthquake off western Indonesia triggered warnings of a potentially destructive tsunami across much of the Indian Ocean region Wednesday, meteorological agencies said.
