A MOTHER in Malaysia greeted her dead son. People in Manila left roses for the victim who helped give them homes.

Three terrorist ringleaders of the Madrid train bombings were sentenced to thousands of years in jail today for the murder of the 191 victims.

AL-QAIDA spent less than €45,000 on each of its major attacks except the September 11 suicide hijackings, and one of its hallmarks is using readily available items like mobile phones and knives as weapons, a UN report says.

Just before United Flight 93 crashed, some of the passengers learned of the attacks on the World Trade Centre and may have tried to overpower their hijackers to keep the jetliner from hitting another landmark.