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England - Premier League September 10 FT Arsenal 1 - 0 Swansea C. FT Everton 2 - 2 Aston Villa FT Manchester C 3 - 0 Wigan Athletic FT Stoke C. 1 - 0 Liverpool FT Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea FT Wolves W. 0 - 2 Tottenham H. FT Bolton W. 0 - 5 Manchester Spanish La Liga September 10 Real Sociedad 2 - 2 Villarreal 2-2
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SUNDAY
September 11, 2011
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9/11 anniversary: Attacks made US stronger, says Obama
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HE United States is stronger 10 years on from the 9/11 attacks and al-Qaeda is “on the path to defeat”, President Barack Obama has said. “As a resilient nation, we will carry on,” he told Americans on the eve of the anniversary of the attacks. Events are being held to commemorate the victims, amid warnings that al-Qaeda is behind a new “credible but unconfirmed” threat to Americans. Nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11 in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Obama will today travel to all three sites as part of the series of events marking the event. “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our military personnel and our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security professionals, there should be no doubt: today, America is stronger and alQaeda is on the path to defeat,” President Obama said in his weekly address. – Continued on Page 7
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Demand evacuation from troubled nation 14 killed in fresh attack in Jos –P
STF foils carnage in Barkin Ladi From Yusufu Aminu Idegu and Marie-Therese Peter
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IKE in Dante's inferno, the gory killings in Jos, Plateau State continued yesterday as a family of 14 people including a pregnant mother were massacred in the early hours of yesterday. The crime was carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded Vwang Kogot village in Vwang district of Jos South Local Government Area. The village, about three kilometres off the major road leading to
Family members wailing over the killing of their relatives in a fresh attack at Vwang village, Jos South LGA, Plateau State, yesterday. Photo: NAN – Continued on Page 6