Photos From Around the World Honoring 9/11

Amalia Metzger, 12, from Paris, lays a bouquet of flowers outside the U.S. Embassy in Paris Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, to mark the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

A Russian woman prays during a memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States at Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. Hundreds attended a memorial service at the cathedral and visited the U.S. Consulate to sign a condolence book. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Japanese girl offers prayer at a Tokyo park decorated with lit-up miniature models of the defunct World Trade Center twin towers of New York marking the first year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. Hundreds of Japanese offered prayer to thousands of American victims, and hundreds of foreign victims including 24 Japanese. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Two sisters cry during a candle-light vigil for victims of the terror attacks on the United States during a memorial service outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on September 11. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama

Lebanese Mary Meraab, right, cries during a memorial ceremony in the garden of the U.S. embassy in Aukar, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002 to honor the victims who died in the terrorists attacks in the United States. Various countries around the world are marking the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Pro-U.S. ralliers place candles in front of a wreath during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila to commemorate the first year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. mainland on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Pro-U.S. deonstrators march Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002 with American flags and a replica of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center before setting it afloat off Manila Bay behind the U.S. Embassy in Manila to commemorate the 1st year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

A Filipino child holds his toy gun as he looks at lighted candles during a pro-US rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila to commemorate the first year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. mainland on Sept. 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Pro-U.S. ralliers hold candles as they sing "God Bless America" during a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila to commemorate the first year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. mainland on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A crowd gathers for a service of remembrance outside the United States Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002, to remember those who died a year ago in terrorist attacks in the U.S. (AP Photo / PA, Toby Melville)

A Japanese man offers prayers for victims of the terror attacks on the United States outside the U.S. embassy in Tokyo September 11, 2002, on the anniversary of the attacks. Cities across Asia marked the anniversary on Wednesday with various ceremonies and events. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa

Amanda Worrel, weeps during the remembrance ceremony outside the United States Embassy in London, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002, for the victims in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Max Nash)

Wearing a U.S. flag headscarf and holding a New York Yankees cap, Annabel weeps during the remembrance ceremony outside the United States Embassy in London, Wednesday Sept.11, 2002, for the victims in the terrorist attacks on the United States Sept.11, 2001. (AP Photo / Max Nash)

A girl is overcome by emotion during a service of remembrance for the victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States at the American Embassy in London, September 11, 2002. America's closest ally since September 11 on Tuesday mourned the heavy loss of British lives in the attacks amid a vast security operation to prevent London becoming the next target. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)

A Moscow man puts flowers outside the U.S. Embassy as the American flag is lowered to half-staff in Moscow, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002. At the U.S. Embassy Marine guards lowered the American flag to half-staff Wednesday morning and visitors laid flowers to express their condolences outside the main building as the Star-Spangled banner was broadcast over a loudspeaker. (AP Photo/ Maxim Marmur)

A man shows his emotion during a minute of silence to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, at London's St Paul's Cathedral, September 11, 2002. The world paused Wednesday to honor the more than 3,000 killed last Sept. 11, but memorial ceremonies were tinged with fear the anniversary could spark repeat attacks. (Dan Chung/Reuters)

The view from above the Great West door of London's St Paul's Cathedral shows the congregation at a service of remembrance to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, September 11, 2002. The world paused Wednesday to honor the more than 3,000 killed last Sept. 11, but memorial ceremonies were tinged with fear the anniversary could spark repeat attacks. (John Stillwell/Pool via Reuters)

Members of the Pakistani Christian community release doves to wish for peace in the world to commemorate the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 in Islamabad, Pakistan.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

A group of Japanese offer prayer at a Tokyo park decorated with lit-up miniature models of the defunct World Trade Center of New York to mark the first year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. Hundreds of Japanese prayed for thousands of American victims, and hundreds of foreign victims including 24 Japanese. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Pakistani children hold American flags to commemorate the first anniversary of the terror attacks in the United States, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mohammed Sabir)

Members of Lloyd's of London wait in silence for the Lutine Bell to be rung Wedesday, Sept. 11, 2002, as they take time out to mark the first anniversary of the attacks on the United States. The Lutine Bell was traditionally rung to indicate the loss of a ship at sea. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A woman bows her head during a memorial service in front of Berlin's cathedral Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, to mark the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and U.S. Ambassador Dan Coats attended the service. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer)

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, bows his head as he listens to the playing of the U.S. and Israeli national anthems with U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer during a memorial ceremony at his office in Jerusalem, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

This certainly beats the liberal cheese the newspapers in the world are sending:

Asian papers mix sympathy with criticism of US
SINGAPORE -- Newspapers across Asia paid a solemn tribute to the victims of the Sept 11 terror attacks on Wednesday, but the memorials carried a message of dissatisfaction with United States foreign policy.
Along with words of sympathy and photographs recalling the horror which filled news pages and anniversary lift-outs, there was strong criticism of a 'unilateralist' Washington, seen as using its agenda to lead the war against terror as a reason to attack Iraq.
Despite world sympathy for victims of the 'horrendous' Sept 11 attacks, Washington appeared more ready to topple a leader 'it considers dangerous than building a better world', the Jakarta Post reported.
The Times of India reported that US President George W Bush 'seems strangely unconcerned about trampling upon the same democratic values' that he claimed were attacked on Sept 11.
In Hongkong, the South China Morning Post reported that 'the ghosts of Sept 11 can never be erased...they continue to haunt and prey on our minds'.
But the paper criticised Mr Bush and his advisers, saying that by threatening to attack Iraq 'they are avoiding the time-tested solution of diplomacy, as well as the issues'.
Several newspapers raised the Muslim issue in their analysis of the response to the terror attacks
Columnist Janadas Devan wrote in Singapore's The Straits Times that a year on from Sept 11, 'American power is probably more resented in the Arab world than it ever was, and the appeal of terrorism as a form of resistance to that power has probably strengthened, not weakened, in the region'.
The Malay-language Utusan Malaysia charged that the US had 'increased the gap of misunderstanding' between Muslims and Western communities.
In Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported that Sept 11 had given Washington 'a free hand to throw away its pretence of objectivity in the Palestine-Israel conflict and openly back Israel'.
In Australia, every newspaper devoted its front page to special tributes, with the Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald publishing the names of the dead.
The Joongang daily in South Korea said 'US unilateralism is rampant' while the international alliance against terrorism is in disarray.
Japan's Mainichi Shimbun wrote that 'as one year has passed since the terrorist attacks, we are not sure where history will guide us in this age of uncertainty'.
The Bangkok Post's criticism of the US was that 'not enough has been done to allow us to move forward and assure us that the threat of another terrorist attack has passed'.
China's official mouthpiece, the People's Daily, reported that the Chinese 'remain strong in their sadness and condolences for the American people'.
In the Philippines, the Today newspaper reported that Washington encouraged 'regimes to flourish that harboured and created the kind of men who killed thousands of American innocents'.
The China Times in Taiwan noted that after Sept 11, 'the ideology of a US empire emerged and it was poised to demonstrate its authoritarian power to the world'.
The Quan Doi Nhan Dan in Hanoi reported that 'in the very first year of the 21st century, the US has not integrated into the world community but got deeper into unilateralism'.
The Daily Star in Bangladesh described the horrific attacks in the US as 'the most mindless, inhuman and destructive terrorist attacks ever'. -- AFP

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