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Friday, 14 September, 2001, 19:54 GMT 20:54 UK
Bush visits New York destruction
![]() Mr Bush spends time with city fire-fighters
President George W Bush has arrived in New York to visit the wreckage of the World Trade Center for the first time since Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
He had earlier attended a memorial service at the national cathedral in Washington to commemorate those killed in the attacks. Religious services are being held across the nation on what has been declared a day of "prayer and remembrance" to honour the thousands who died when hijacked airliners crashed into the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon.
He offered the nation's deepest sympathy to the relatives of those who died. War, he said, had been waged against America by stealth, and it would react at an hour of its choosing.
The service is one of many that have been held across the world. In Europe, millions of people joined a three-minute silent tribute. In other developments:
In one of many ceremonies held around the world, Queen Elizabeth of Britain, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and leading US dignitaries attended a remembrance service in London's St Paul's cathedral, while thousands took part outside.
Irish President Mary McAleese said Irish people were "sad, sickened, outraged and frightened" by the terrorist attacks. The queue of people waiting to sign the condolences book at the US embassy in Dublin on Friday morning was about 1.5 kilometres long. In Brussels, hundreds of office workers joined the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt in a simple outdoor ceremony at the heart of the European Union district.
Up to 200,000 people gathered at the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin for a ceremony designed the show solidarity with the American people.
In France the lifts in the Eiffel Tower were still. In Kenya, mourners paid their respects at a service in Nairobi, where more than 200 people died in the bombing of the US embassy three years ago.
Canada also declared a national day of mourning. Prime Minister Jean Chretien said the day "will show the solidarity we feel towards our American friends and the families of the Canadian victims. The ceremonies are taking place amid the biggest manhunt in US history. The scale of the US search for those behind the attacks is unprecedented.
The FBI has been following up hundreds of leads and conducted searches across the country. Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the exiled Saudi militant Osama Bin Laden - based in Afghanistan - is a prime suspect in the attacks. But US officials said more than one organisation may have been responsible. President Bush has promised that America will "lead the world to victory" over terrorism in a conflict he described as the first war of the 21st century.
Mr Bush also said Americans should resist any temptation to retaliate for the attacks by targeting individual, innocent Arab-Americans and Muslims. In London, Prime Minister Blair addressed an emergency session of parliament on Friday. He reaffirmed his commitment to stand by the United States and spoke of the urgent need to bring those responsible to justice.
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