Opening early in 1865, as the American Civil War is entering its endgame, Lincoln (12A) offers a detailed account of how recently re-elected president Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) rammed the 13th constitutional amendment — the emancipation of the slaves — through Congress.

Forensic evidence against two men accused of murdering two British soldiers in the North is reliable and proven, a barrister for the prosecution said.

Mortal remains

George Bush has defended the controversial use of "waterboarding" during his time as US president, saying that the information obtained from terrorist suspects saved lives.

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has threatened to kill any captured Americans if the US executes the mastermind behind September 11.

Newly-released aerial photos of the 9/11 attack on New York show the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre coming down from a dramatic new angle.

President Barack Obama today described as a “mistake” a photo opportunity staged by the White House in which a low-flying plane skimmed New York’s skyline, provoking memories of the 9/11 attack.

Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television.

The Pentagon said tonight it planned to release video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 184 people in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Firefighters exhausted from dealing with loyalist rioting in Belfast today stood in silent tribute to 9/11 terrorist attack victims in New York.

“WHY has Jesus Christ so far not succeeded in inducing the world to follow His teachings?” US President Woodrow Wilson of the United States asked in 1919.

BRIAN Flanagan (Irish Examiner letters, March 7) accuses America and Israel of launching a war against Iraq.