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Questions still remain from the aftermath of 9/11

Twenty years after 9/11, we are still struggling to comprehend the enormity of such a heartless and malicious attack (Big story, 10 September). That was a ruthless onslaught on everything our human family stands for: peace, openness, tolerance, equality, social justice and cohesion.

Sadly, since then, our world has been marred by inter-ethnic conflicts, unbounded deprivation, irrational hatred, unspeakable suffering, unabated exploitation of natural and cultural resources, climate change, transboundary pandemics,

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