International Business News - Sept http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112439-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/mccain-obama-to-silence-critical-ads-on-sept-11.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/mccain-obama-to-silence-critical-ads-on-sept-11.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:35:20 EDT Terry Grace Sears knows she has still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terror attack. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110160-sept-11-aid.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/9-11-aid-groups-close-or-adapt-as-money-wanes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/9-11-aid-groups-close-or-adapt-as-money-wanes.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:42:44 EDT A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Saudi Arabia and four of its princes cannot be held liable in the Sept. 11 attacks even if they were aware that charitable donations to Muslim groups would be funneled to al-Qaida. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/court-saudi-arabia-not-liable-in-sept-11-attacks.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:32:28 EDT Lawyers for the families of four 9/11 victims are urging a judge to reconsider his decision to reject $28.5 million in settlements that he now says are excessive compared with those other survivors received. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/judge-rejects-4-sept-11-settlements-as-excessive.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:15:28 EDT Sept. 11 victims' families will be allowed to return to ground zero to mourn their loved ones on the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks, officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/wtc-site-will-be-open-again-to-families-this-9-11.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:17:29 EDT The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday that the U.S. military is making it difficult for him to serve as his own lawyer. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has rejected his Pentagon-appointed attorneys, says the military has not given him paper in his cell and failed to deliver a legal motion he wrote to the judge on this U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/9-11-mastermind-complains-to-judge.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:39:23 EDT A Guantanamo prisoner accused in the Sept. 11 attacks complained Wednesday that his confinement and obstructions by the U.S. military are complicating his court-approved effort to serve as his own lawyer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/9-11-suspect-to-defend-self-at-guantanamo-trial.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:49:33 EDT On a pedestal in a Texas intersection hundreds of miles from where terrorists crashed planes seven years ago, two flight attendants and two pilots, rendered in bronze, now care for a traveling child. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/hundreds-remember-9-11-flight-crews-with-sculpture.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:55:07 EDT On a pedestal in a Texas intersection hundreds of miles from where terrorists crashed planes seven years ago, two flight attendants and two pilots, rendered in bronze, now care for a traveling child. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/hundreds-remember-9-11-flight-crews-with-sculpture.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:38:51 EDT Government lawyers say the ongoing investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks could be compromised if the airline industry is allowed to seek more information from the FBI to defend itself against lawsuits brought by terrorism victims. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/govt-says-fbi-agents-cant-testify-about-9-11.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:08:00 EDT A military attorney for one of the Sept. 11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay predicted on Tuesday the Pakistani would at best see only a sliver of classified evidence and would be convicted in what amounts to "a top secret trial." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/attorney-seeks-clearance-for-9-11-defendant.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:53:56 EDT A judge has sentenced a World Trade Center painter to 2 1/2 years in prison for cheating a Sept. 11 compensation fund of more than $1 million. Judge Victor Marrero says Mario Mastellone deserves jail time for exploiting and capitalizing on the 2001 terrorist attacks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/painter-gets-2-1-2-years-in-prison-for-sept-11-fraud.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:13:23 EDT U.S. military officers responsible for defending Guantanamo detainees said they will investigate why five men accused in the Sept. 11 attacks were allowed to talk among themselves at their arraignment, allegedly pressuring one of the defendants to reject his lawyers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65355-guantanamo-sept-11-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/9-11-suspects-reject-gitmo-lawyers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/9-11-suspects-reject-gitmo-lawyers.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:18:03 EDT Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the reputed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, told a military judge at his arraignment Thursday that he welcomes the death penalty as a way to martyrdom and ridiculed the proceedings as an "inquisition." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/64793-guantanamo-sept-11-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/gitmo-court-day-for-alleged-mastermind.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/gitmo-court-day-for-alleged-mastermind.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:18:54 EDT Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who could face the death penalty for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks, has been peppering his lawyer with questions in advance of his arraignment Thursday before a military tribunal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/accused-9-11-mastermind-prepares-for-arraignment.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:45:38 EDT Defense lawyers accused the government of rushing the Sept. 11 defendants to trial at Guantanamo to influence the U.S. presidential elections, and asked the military judge to dismiss the case in a court filing obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/9-11-defendants-lawyers-want-case-dismissed.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 21:13:33 EDT Military lawyers are seeking to delay the arraignment of five Guantanamo detainees suspected of mounting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, alleging the government has made it impossible to defend them, authorities said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/delay-sought-for-arraignment-of-9-11-suspect.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 21:37:23 EDT People who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 attacks fear alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will use his upcoming war-crimes trial to boast about his role and rally support for al-Qaida. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/sept-11-families-fear-war-crimes-trial.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 16:57:02 EDT The suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks is cooperating with his defense _ an apparent break with other Guantanamo prisoners who are boycotting their war-crimes trials. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/attorney-alleged-9-11-plotter-works-with-defense.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 13:36:14 EDT The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks, his U.S. military defense lawyer said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/us-drops-charges-against-saudi-in-sept-11-attacks.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 23:30:44 EDT