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Twenty years can be something

11-09-2021 09:35 Just as in the preceding generation everybody seemed to remember exactly what they were doing on the day of John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, so 9/11 has remained the object of universal recall in the last 20 years.

by Michael Soltys

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS

The day that changed the United States: Remembering 9/11, 20 years on

11-09-2021 08:54 On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as commercial jetliners commandeered by al-Qaeda hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died that day.

Remembering 9/11, 20 years on

Two decades on, United States comes full circle

11-09-2021 08:45 When al-Qaeda hijackers killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001, the United States instantly took on a new mission as a furious and fearful nation coalesced around president George W. Bush's "war on terrorism." Twenty years later, the world is transformed.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

9/11: Victims' families find solace, help in support groups

10-09-2021 21:50 Twenty years later and they still talk regularly: 9/11 survivors and relatives of victims have formed strong friendships through support groups that have proved effective antidotes to their trauma.

COURTS

Santa Cruz: Priest jailed for 17 years for sexual abuse of two minors

10-09-2021 01:01 Priest Nicolás Parma sentenced to 17 years in prison after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of two seminarians in Santa Cruz Province.

'Marcha de las piedras'

Protesters ramp up pressure on Fernández following party revelations

17-08-2021 15:26 Hundreds of stones with the names of victims placed outside Casa Rosada and Olivos presidential residence, as protesters rally against the government of President Alberto Fernández.

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández leads tribute to Covid victims, as death toll nears 100,000

27-06-2021 16:34 Peronist leader leads "ceremony of recollection and reflection" at CCK cultural centre, as Argentina death toll creeps towards 100,000.

Sex abuse

Second Próvolo abuse trial gets underway with two nuns in dock

03-05-2021 17:00 Two nuns and seven other woman stand trial, accused of complicity in the sexual abuse of deaf children at the Próvolo Institute in Mendoza Province.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

Plaintiffs in second Próvolo sex abuse trial demand 'end to delays'

17-04-2021 08:41 Victims and relatives complain defence lawyers for two nuns and several other women are stalling trial into historic child sex abuse at Próvolo Institute in Mendoza Province.

COPING WITH CORONAVIRUS

‘Dying alone is not the same as being accompanied’

29-08-2020 10:10 A growing number of medical facilities in Latin America allow relatives to be with patients dying of the novel coronavirus, clad in face covering, shield and protective clothing against infection.

Coronavirus pandemic

Hospital staff demand greater support as they remember fallen co-workers

19-08-2020 22:14 Employees at Durand Hospital in the capital demand greater support and better working conditions, as they pay tribute to their health-worker colleagues who died from the novel coronavirus after being infected in the line of duty.

SECURITY & CRIME

Bullrich, Berni express support for ‘vigilante justice’ pensioner who killed his attacker

25-07-2020 09:53 Politicians express support for 71-year-old Quilmes retiree Jorge Adolfo Ríos, as crime and security returns to forefront of political agenda.

Coronavirus pandemic

City's emergency services ask porteños to stay at home

19-03-2020 14:55 Head of capital's emergency services asks porteños to stay at home and avoid social contact, as they struggle to deal with coronavirus outbreak.

CORONAVIRUS FATALITIES

Coronavirus: all information we have on fatalities

05-02-2020 13:52 Since China reported the emergence of a new coronavirus in December, the SARS-like disease has infected more than 20,400 people and killed 425. The OMS declared a global health emergency to curb a worldwide plague soon after. Here’s what we know about the deaths.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost Catholic Church over US$4 billion

02-12-2019 12:59 Catholic dioceses in the United States are facing a new wave of sexual abuse lawsuits after multiple states extended or suspended the statute of limitations to allow claims stretching back decades.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Próvolo victims hope priests' sentences send Pope a message

27-11-2019 07:25 "This is a watershed case for society, justice, the victims and also for the Church," warns bishop, as victims demand Pope Francis take note of historic abuse case at Provólo Institute in Luján de Cuyo.