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10 September 2011
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Remembrance services for those who died 10 years ago in the 9/11 attacks on the US are to take place across the UK.
Families of some of the 67 British victims will gather in central London for a service at Grosvenor Chapel.
A ceremony will also be held at the September 11 Memorial Garden near the US embassy and at St Paul's Cathedral.
Foreign Secretary William Hague paid tribute to the "courage and dignity" of the US and victims of other attacks, including the 2005 London bombings.
The UK commemorations will get under way in the morning with the symbolic lighting of a candle at the Grosvenor Chapel, in Mayfair - a church where US servicemen worshipped during World War II.
The families of the British victims will later join representatives from the fire, police and ambulance services at a larger ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral.
The service will honour the courage of those working for the emergency services and remember all 2,977 victims of the attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Wreaths will later be laid at the memorial garden in Grosvenor Square and family members will be invited to read the name of their loved ones and to lay a rose in their memory.
In the evening, there will a service at Westminster Abbey.
Services are also planned for the American Church in London, in Plymouth, at Birmingham Cathedral, Truro Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral.
At Belfast City Hall, there will be a flower-laying ceremony and a minute's silence at 13:46 BST will mark the time American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center.
A minute's silence will also take place in Hayle, Devon, at the Rick Rescorla memorial. Mr Rescorla, 62, who grew up in the town and was a security manager for a firm in the Twin Towers, died after leading more than 2,000 people to safety.
Faith leaders and politicians will take part in a peace walk in Edinburgh, with services in Glasgow and Aberdeen.
'Tirelessly vigilant' In the US, commemorations will be held at the British embassy in Washington while in New York, the consul general will be among those attending a memorial concert at the British Garden at Hanover Square, where the 67 UK victims are commemorated.
In a statement, Mr Hague said: "Today, we commemorate the citizens of the United States and over 90 countries who perished in the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, including 67 British nationals.
"We remember the courage and dignity of the American people in the face of such appalling loss. And we also recall the victims of other global acts of terrorism since - including the attacks in London in 2005.
"Such attacks have only served to bring the international community closer together, and to bolster those who seek change through peaceful means, not through barbaric violence."
Mr Hague said al-Qaeda was "now weaker than at any time in the decade since 9/11 - and political progress through peaceful protest in the Middle East and North Africa has shown it to be increasingly irrelevant to the future".
He added: "So while we remember the victims of 9/11, stand firm with our allies and remain tirelessly vigilant against future threats, we also face the future with confidence in our values and faith in human nature".
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Families of some of the 67 British victims will gather in central London for a service at Grosvenor Chapel.
A ceremony will also be held at the September 11 Memorial Garden near the US embassy and at St Paul's Cathedral.
Foreign Secretary William Hague paid tribute to the "courage and dignity" of the US and victims of other attacks, including the 2005 London bombings.
The UK commemorations will get under way in the morning with the symbolic lighting of a candle at the Grosvenor Chapel, in Mayfair - a church where US servicemen worshipped during World War II.
The families of the British victims will later join representatives from the fire, police and ambulance services at a larger ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral.
The service will honour the courage of those working for the emergency services and remember all 2,977 victims of the attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Wreaths will later be laid at the memorial garden in Grosvenor Square and family members will be invited to read the name of their loved ones and to lay a rose in their memory.
In the evening, there will a service at Westminster Abbey.
Services are also planned for the American Church in London, in Plymouth, at Birmingham Cathedral, Truro Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral.
At Belfast City Hall, there will be a flower-laying ceremony and a minute's silence at 13:46 BST will mark the time American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center.
A minute's silence will also take place in Hayle, Devon, at the Rick Rescorla memorial. Mr Rescorla, 62, who grew up in the town and was a security manager for a firm in the Twin Towers, died after leading more than 2,000 people to safety.
Faith leaders and politicians will take part in a peace walk in Edinburgh, with services in Glasgow and Aberdeen.
'Tirelessly vigilant' In the US, commemorations will be held at the British embassy in Washington while in New York, the consul general will be among those attending a memorial concert at the British Garden at Hanover Square, where the 67 UK victims are commemorated.
In a statement, Mr Hague said: "Today, we commemorate the citizens of the United States and over 90 countries who perished in the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, including 67 British nationals.
"We remember the courage and dignity of the American people in the face of such appalling loss. And we also recall the victims of other global acts of terrorism since - including the attacks in London in 2005.
"Such attacks have only served to bring the international community closer together, and to bolster those who seek change through peaceful means, not through barbaric violence."
Mr Hague said al-Qaeda was "now weaker than at any time in the decade since 9/11 - and political progress through peaceful protest in the Middle East and North Africa has shown it to be increasingly irrelevant to the future".
He added: "So while we remember the victims of 9/11, stand firm with our allies and remain tirelessly vigilant against future threats, we also face the future with confidence in our values and faith in human nature".
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