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The people of 11 September
5 people in 5 stories, 27 deaths recorded, 2026
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency releases 71 documents warning of a threat from Al Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks, including presidential daily briefs during the administrations of former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from 1998 to the day after the attacks.
Politics · 11 Sep · with George W. Bush
Lee Cheuk-yan
Hong Kong politician (born 1957)
A Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung to seven years in prison each for inciting subversion under the national security law for leading the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
Crime & Justice · 11 Sep · with Chow Hang-tung
Princess Astrid of Norway
Norwegian princess (1932–2026)
Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late Norwegian King Harald V and daughter of Olav V, dies at the age of 94.
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
The Lebanese Army arrests Suleiman Hilal Al Assad, a cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, along with two other men, on drug trafficking charges. The men are now under the custody of Lebanon's defence ministry.
Crime & Justice · 11 Sep
Yoon Suk Yeol
President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025
The Seoul Central District Court acquits former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges that he appointed his defense minister, Lee Jong-sup, as ambassador to Australia to obstruct an investigation into a South Korean marine's drowning during the 2023 floods.
Crime & Justice · 11 Sep · with Lee Jong-sup
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